阅读理解。

阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　Valentine's Day is on 14 February each year. It is a day for lovers, and one of the loveliest holidays in the United States.

　　Very few Americans know the story of Valentine's Day. One English story tells that birds select their mates on February 14. Another story says that more than 2, 000 years ago the ancient Romans celebrated a holiday for lovers. As part of the celebration, girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a large container. Boys reached their hands into the container and pulled one out. The girl whose name was written on the paper became his lover or sweet heart for a year. Then came a Roman priest Valentinus, who secretly married many young lovers against the Roman king's order. The Roman Emperor got angry and ordered the killing of Valentinus on February 14, 269 AD.

　　It is very popular to send cards decorated with hearts and flowers to express love. Today many Americans like to exchange humorous cards with their husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, relatives, and even special friends. Some enjoy the joke of sending “Guess Who” cards to a person he or she secretly admires. Sometimes they put their love message in a heart-shaped box of chocolates, or a bunch of flowers tied with red ribbons(丝带). Candy, perfume, jewelry or a picture with a heart and Cupid (the Roman God of love), who is armed with a bow and arrow, are also sent to express love. Many couples arrange romantic dinners by candle light for this occasion. Universities also hold a Sweetheart Ball for the young students to celebrate Valentine's Day.

1．Valentinus was killed in ancient Rome because ________.

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A．he was a priest.

B．he was a foreigner

C．he secretly helped many young lovers

D．he told people how to celebrate Valentine's Day

2．According to the text, nowadays on Valentine's Day university students will ________.

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A．put a letter in a bottle

B．take part in a Sweetheart Ball

C．send cards to the persons they love

D．have dinner with their friends

3．The passage is mainly about ________.

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A．an introduction of Valentine's Day

B．festivals in the western countries

C．how students celebrate Valentine's Day

D．the story of a brave priest

4．Which of the following is true according to the text?

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A．“Guess Who” card must be sent with candies.

B．family members don't celebrate Valentine's day together

C．all the Americans know the history of Valentine's day

D．a saying of Valentine's day has something to do with birds

阅读理解

　　She didn’t even know who I was and yet I tried to act the Romeo(罗密欧), the ugly ducking(little duck)that I was! I sat there for a long time, thinking of my own foolishness. Then slowly I tore up(break into pieces)her letter into tiny (small) bits and blew them away. They scattered(go everywhere)on the ground and looked like snow flakes(pieces)under the moonlight. They reminded(make me think of)me of my first sight of her in the library. She had just come in from the cold outside, with snow flakes on her hair and her blue and green coat. It was only half a year ago, but it seemed to me to be an age.

　　That night the moon looked extremely(completely)beautiful but sad to me. Tonight my tears flowed freely.

1．“Who was she?”“She might be a girl ________.”

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A．who knew the writer but didn’t love him

B．who the writer once met but didn’t know

C．who the writer had met and loved ever since

D．who had been his girl friend but had left him

2．His tearing up her letter into tiny bits and blowing them away showed that ________.

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A．he love her

B．he was angry with her

C．he hated her

D．he was sad

3．What made him think of their first meeting?

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A．The snow flakes.

B．The ugly ducking.

C．The beautiful moon.

D．The letter in pieces.

4．The meaning of“an age”in this passage is ________.

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A．a very long time

B．one year

C．half a year

D．more than half a year

5．It’s possible that the writer and the girl ________.

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A．were classmates

B．were cousins

C．studied at the same university

D．worked in the same office