Valentine’s Day is a popular festival of love and romance. There are      legends associated with the festival along with the belief that birds began to mate from this day. Historians trace (追蹤)its      to an ancient Roman festival. It is said that in ancient Rome, people      a holiday on February 14th to honor Juno—the Queen of Roman Gods and Goddesses. On the following day, February 15th，the festival of Lupercalia was celebrated to honor the Roman God of Agriculture.

An interesting      was followed on the festival of Lupercalia to bring together young boys and girls who otherwise were strictly      . On the eve of the festival, names of young Roman girls were written on a slip of paper and placed into jars. Each young man      a girl's name from the jar and was paired with the girl during the festival. Sometimes the      lasted for a year until next year's celebration. Quite often，the couple would fall in love with each other and       marry. The custom lasted for a long time until people felt that it was un-Christian and that mates should be chosen by sight, not      .

The pairing of young boys and girls set the mood of the Valentine's Day Festival as we know today. But it was      due to the efforts and daring of a priest St Valentine that the festival got its       and clearer meaning. The story goes that Emperor Claudius II of Rome found it      to get soldiers and felt the reason why men did not join the      was that they did not wish to leave their wives and families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. St Valentine challenged Claudius's      order and secretly married couples. When his disobedience was      ，Valentine was put to death on February 14, around 270 AD. After his death Valentine was named a saint.

1.A. acceptable          B. familiar        C. various D. unrelated

2.A. possibility  B. development         C. event    D. origin

3.A. studied       B. observed       C. handled       D. discussed

4.A. movement B. celebration   C. competition  D. custom

5.A. respected  B. educated       C. separated      D. organized

6.A. spoke out  B. brought out  C. pulled out     D. drew out

7.A. pairing        B. dating        C. playing  D. celebrating

8.A. fortunately         B. occasionally  C. finally    D. surprisingly

9.A. order          B. risk        C. name    D. luck

10.A. usually     B. actually C. really    D. factually

11.A. history     B. story     C. fame     D. name

12.A. strange    B. slow      C. awful     D. tough

13.A. war  B. party     C. army     D. game

14.A. unfinished        B. unjustified     C. unrecognized        D. unconcerned

15.A. discovered       B. attacked        C. memorized   D. promised

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

【解析】

試題分析：情人節(jié)是一個(gè)受歡迎的愛(ài)情和浪漫的節(jié)日。關(guān)于情人節(jié)有各種各樣的傳說(shuō)與之相關(guān)。據(jù)說(shuō),來(lái)自古羅馬人在2月15日的羅馬牧神節(jié)一個(gè)有趣的習(xí)俗，節(jié)日前夕,年輕女孩的名字被寫在一張紙上,放入罐中。每一位男孩取出罐里的一個(gè)女孩的名字，節(jié)日期間就和女孩配對(duì)。有時(shí)配對(duì)持續(xù)一年,直到明年的慶�；顒�(dòng)。通常,這對(duì)夫婦會(huì)愛(ài)上彼此,最終結(jié)婚。 還有一種說(shuō)法是：羅馬皇帝克勞迪亞斯二世發(fā)現(xiàn)很難征兵，覺(jué)得男人不加入軍隊(duì)的原因是,他們不愿離開(kāi)自己的妻子和家庭。因此,克勞迪斯在羅馬取消了所有婚姻活動(dòng)。圣瓦倫丁挑戰(zhàn)克勞迪斯這種不公正的命令，秘密地為情侶們證婚。當(dāng)他的反抗被發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí),在約公元270年的2月14日被處死，在他死后圣瓦倫丁被命名為圣人，也就有今日的情人節(jié)。

1.考查形容詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A. acceptable可接受的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. various各種各樣的；D. unrelated無(wú)關(guān)，根據(jù)下文可知，關(guān)于情人節(jié)的傳說(shuō)各種各樣，故選C。

2.考查名詞辨析。A. possibility可能性；B. development發(fā)展；C. event事件；D. origin起源。這里應(yīng)該是說(shuō)情人節(jié)的起源。選D

3.考查動(dòng)詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。據(jù)說(shuō),在古羅馬人們?cè)?月14日慶祝一個(gè)節(jié)日假是為了表達(dá)對(duì)羅馬諸神的女王Juno的紀(jì)念。A. Studied研究、學(xué)習(xí)；B. observed觀察、慶祝；C. handled處理；D. discussed討論。故選B

4.考查名詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。在牧神節(jié)上一個(gè)有趣的習(xí)俗一直被延續(xù)著。A. movement運(yùn)動(dòng)；B. celebration慶祝；C. competition比賽；D. custom習(xí)俗。下面也有custom出現(xiàn)，故選D。

5.考查動(dòng)詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。從下文可知是：把被嚴(yán)格分離的年輕的男孩和女孩匯聚到一起。A. respected尊重；B. educated教育；C. separated分離；D. organized組織。故選C

6.考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。節(jié)日前夕,年輕女孩的名字被寫在一張紙上,放入罐中。所以后面應(yīng)該是：每一位男孩從罐里抽出一個(gè)女孩的名字，節(jié)日期間就和女孩配對(duì)。A. spoke out說(shuō)出；B. brought out拿出；C. pulled out拉出；D. drew out抽出。故選D。

7.考查動(dòng)詞-ing形式辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。結(jié)合前文可知意思是：有時(shí)配對(duì)持續(xù)一年,直到明年的慶�；顒�(dòng)。A. Pairing配對(duì)； B. dating約會(huì)；C. playing玩；D. celebrating慶祝。故選A。

8.考查副詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。通常這對(duì)會(huì)愛(ài)上彼此, 最終結(jié)婚。A. fortunately幸運(yùn)地；B. occasionally偶爾；C. finally最后；D. surprisingly令人驚奇地。把四個(gè)選項(xiàng)帶入本句分析語(yǔ)境可知，選C。

9.考查名詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。這種習(xí)俗持續(xù)了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間,直到人們覺(jué)得這不是基督教教義的，伴侶應(yīng)該通過(guò)眼睛選，而不是靠運(yùn)氣。A. order順序、命令；B. risk冒險(xiǎn)；C. name名字；D. luck運(yùn)氣。故選D。

10.考查副詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。。但事實(shí)上是這樣的。A. usually通常；B. actually實(shí)際上；C. really真的；D. factually事實(shí)上。really一般是對(duì)前面對(duì)方說(shuō)的話表示疑問(wèn)，驚訝的語(yǔ)氣。而在表示確實(shí)的，真實(shí)地意思時(shí)，通常是和表語(yǔ)連接的，而actually 實(shí)際上，很多時(shí)候用于居首作狀語(yǔ)，還可以修飾形容詞，動(dòng)詞，或者其他副詞，或者一個(gè)句子，factually 意思是“真實(shí)地，確實(shí)地”類似于：really。故選B。

11.考查名詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。由于牧師圣瓦倫丁的努力和勇敢才使得這個(gè)節(jié)日有了這個(gè)名字和更清晰的意義。本文講的是情人節(jié)即是圣瓦倫丁節(jié)的來(lái)歷。A. history歷史；B. story故事；C. fame名聲；D. name名字。本文講的是情人節(jié)即是圣瓦倫丁節(jié)的來(lái)歷。故選D。

12.考查形容詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A. strange奇怪的；B. slow慢慢地；C. awful可怕的；D. tough艱難地。從文章后面可以看出：羅馬皇帝Claudius二世發(fā)現(xiàn)很難征兵。故選D。

13.考查名詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解�；实跜laudius二世覺(jué)得男人不加入軍隊(duì)的原因是,他們不愿離開(kāi)自己的妻子和家庭。A. war戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)；B. party聚會(huì)；C. army軍隊(duì)；D. game游戲。join the army是固定搭配，參軍。故選C。

14.考查形容詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。圣瓦倫丁挑戰(zhàn)Claudius的不公平的命令，然后偷偷地為情侶們證婚。A. unfinished未完成的；B. unjustified不公平的；C. unrecognized沒(méi)認(rèn)出的；D. unconcerned不關(guān)心的。故選B。

15.考查動(dòng)詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境理解為：當(dāng)他的反抗被發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí),在大約公元270年的2月14日被處死。他死后圣瓦倫丁被尊為圣人。A. discovered發(fā)現(xiàn)；B. attacked襲擊；C. memorized記��；D. promised答應(yīng)。故選A。

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