Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia.   36  the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called   37  the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his   38  was held on February 15th. On the eve of the festival the   39  of the girls were written on   40  of paper and placed in jars. Each young man   41  a slip. The girl whose name was   42  was to be his sweetheart for the year.
Legend   43  it that the holiday became Valentine’s Day   44  a Roman bishop named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II   45  the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would   46  stay home than fight. When Valentine   47  the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the   48  of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a   49 . Christian bishop moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th—Valentine’s Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine   50  of Lupercus.
Valentine’s Day has become a major   51  of love and romance in the modern world. The ancient god Cupid and his   52  into a lover’s heart may still be used to   53  falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this.   54  to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’s Day can sometimes be as   55  as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary.

【小题1】
A.WhileB.WhenC.ThoughD.Unless
【小题2】
A.uponB.backC.offD.away
【小题3】
A.honorB.beliefC.handD.way
【小题4】
A.problems B.secretsC.names D.intentions
【小题5】
A.rolls B.pilesC.works D.slips
【小题6】
A.castB.caught C.drewD.found
【小题7】
A.givenB.chosenC.electedD.delivered
【小题8】
A.tellsB.meansC.makesD.has
【小题9】
A.afterB.sinceC.asD.from
【小题10】
A.orderedB.appealedC.imaginedD.believed
【小题11】
A.otherB.simplyC.ratherD.all
【小题12】
A.dislikedB.resistedC.defeatedD.dishonored
【小题13】
A.celebrationB.arrangementC.feastD.eve
【小题14】
A.goat B.saintC.modelD.weapon
【小题15】
A.becauseB.madeC.insteadD.learnt
【小题16】
A.partB.representative C.judgmentD.symbol
【小题17】
A.storyB.wanderC.arrowD.play
【小题18】
A.describeB.requireC.demandD.alarm
【小题19】
A.KeepingB.DisapprovingC.SupportingD.Forgetting
【小题20】
A.constructive B.damaging C.strengtheningD.responding

A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspaper.
“Last week, ” he said,  “my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As
it was a present,  I spent twice its worth in advertising,  but didn’t get it back. ”
“How did you write your advertisement? ” asked one of the listeners,  a merchant.
  “Here it is, ” said the man,  taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read,  “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening,  a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street. ”
“Now, ” said the merchant,  “I often advertise,  and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again,  and if it fails,  I’ll buy you a new one. ”
  The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote:  “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble,  he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known. ”
  This appeared in the newspaper,  and on the following morning,  the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors,  and his own was among them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake,  and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.
【小题1】The result of the first advertisement was that____ .

A.the man got his umbrella back
B.the man wasted some money advertising
C.nobody found the missing umbrella
D.the umbrella was found somewhere near the church
【小题2】The merchant suggested that the man should___ .
A.buy a new umbrella
B.go on looking for his umbrella
C.write another and better advertisement
D.report the police
【小题3】“. . . if it fails,  I’ll buy you a new one” suggested that the merchant____ .
A.was quite sure of success
B.wanted to buy him a new umbrella
C.didn’t know what to do
D.was rich enough to buy one
【小题4】The story is mainly about _____.
A.a useless advertisement
B.how to make an effective advertisement
C.how the man lost and found his umbrella
D.what the merchant did for the umbrella owner

Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches (沟渠)along the highway. I travel daily to work. There is one particular    26    flower that has    27   caught my eyes. I’ve noticed it blooms only in the morning hours; the    28    sun is too warm for it. Every day for about two weeks. I see those beautiful    29   .

This spring I    30   a wildflower garden in our yard. “I can look out of the   31   window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought those lovely blue flowers from the   32  would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Everyday I    33  past the flowers thinking, I’ll stop on my way home and    34   them.” “gee (哎呀), I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty…” whatever the reason, I    35  stopped to dig them.

One day on my way home from work in my car, I was    36    to see the highway department had moved the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were    37  . I thought to myself, “You    38    too long. You should have done it when you first saw them  39   this spring. ”

A week ago, we were shocked and saddened to learn my older sister-in-law had a terminal brain tumor (肿块). She is 10 years    40   than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance. We haven’t been as    41   as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the   42     between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband’s    43  and us. I do believe god has given us some time left to    44  some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.

And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I’ll    45   and transplant them to my wildflower garden.

1.                A.red            B.yellow          C.blue D.white

 

2.                A.sometimes      B.never          C.seldom   D.always

 

3.                A.morning        B.afternoon       C.noon D.evening

 

4.                A.trees          B.flowers         C.woods    D.gardens

 

5.                A.started         B.cleared         C.built D.deserted

 

6.                A.bedroom       B.dinning-room    C.sitting-room   D.kitchen

 

7.                A.highway        B.garden         C.ditch D.park

 

8.                A.rode           B.walked         C.drove    D.ran

 

9.                A.pick           B.sell            C.water    D.dig

 

10.               A.always         B.often          C.never D.ever

 

11.               A.surprised       B.excited         C.delighted  D.saddened

 

12.               A.found          B.gone           C.discovered D.1eft

 

13.               A.waited         B.wanted         C.kept  D.protected

 

14.               A.growing        B.blooming       C.seeding   D.fading

 

15.               A.younger        B.older          C.earlier    D.former

 

16.               A.good          B.wealthy        C.close D.strong

 

17.               A.change         B.result          C.value D.connection

 

18.               A.sister          B.brother        C.mother    D.father

 

19.               A.slip            B.jog            C.refresh    D.collect

 

20.               A.buy           B.stop           C.mow  D.collect

 

 

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    My first memories of acts of kindness are from when I was about 12 years old. From then on I always 36  at home and with friends.

That winter I notice that many  37   people had difficulty getting to the  38  store after a snowstorm. So I started to spend part of a   39   Saturday knocking at apartment doors to ask if any one needed 40  from the store. The grocery store was down a huge hill and I would bring   41   a couple of bags of groceries for them. I liked it and it made them so 42  .

It started with  43  alone and then the number grew. A short time later, my 44  in the building asked what I was doing and a couple of them  45  and it became a routine. I  46  asked for or took money for it. Sometimes the ladies 47  slip the change in my pocket. I would just buy something the next time to give to them, 48 flowers or a card. I did this every 49_ up to when I left to go to college.

When I was away at   50 , many people asked my mom how I was doing. Through those conversations she  51  what I used to do -—I had never told her.

Now, I'm a teacher and teaching my students the art of true 52 ; Everyone in the world needs help, and everyone can also   53  help. The image of those old people’s happiness caused by my      54 of goodwill appears in my mind every time I have the chance to do something   55 . This is the power of charity.

1.A. look around       B. run about     C. help out        D. act up

2.A. lazy           B. young      C. elderly        D. disabled

3.A. grocery            B. clothes             C. food         D. medicine

4.A. sunny            B. cloudy      C. rainy        D. snowy

5.A. anything        B. nothing         C. all             D. few

6.A. forwards          B. in             C. back         D. out

7.A. surprised          B. interested   C. ashamed      D. happy

8.A. myself           B. me            C. themselves D. them

9.A. classmates       B. students      C. relatives       D. friends

10.A. gave up         B. joined in       C. paid up         D. turned away

11.A. sometimes     B. not           C. neither             D. never

12.A. would          B. should         C. could        D. dared

13.A. like        B. as             C. by             D. for

14.A. day            B. week          C. month     D. winter

15.A. school          B. college          C. leisure     D. work

16.A. recognized      B. followed       C. learned         D. proved

17.A. friendship        B. usefulness   C. success        D. kindness

18.A. offer           B. own          C. accept         D. reward

19.A. acts          B. words         C. thought        D. test

20.A. unusual         B. successful    C. hard         D. nice

 

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