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Valentine’ s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. 【C1】______the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans
Valentine’ s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. 【C1】______the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans
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2019-06-10
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Valentine’ s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. 【C1】______the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called【C2】______the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his【C3】______was held on February 15th. On the eve of the festival the【C4】______of the girls were written on 【C5】______ of paper and placed in jars. Each young man 【C6】______ a slip. The girl whose name was 【C7】______ was to be his sweetheart for the year.
Legend 【C8】______ it that the holiday became Valentine’s Day 【C9】______ a Roman priest named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II【C10】______the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would【C11】______stay home than fight. When Valentine【C12】______the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the【C13】______of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a【C14】______. Christian priests moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th—Valentine’s Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine【C15】______of Lupercus.
Valentine’ s Day has become a major【C16】______of love and romance in the modern world. The ancient god Cupid and his【C17】______into a lover’s heart may still be used to【C18】______falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this.【C19】______to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’ s Day can sometimes be as【C20】______as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary.
【C15】
选项
A、because
B、made
C、instead
D、learnt
答案
C
解析
考查短语辨析。空格处填入的词与介词of搭配,连接两个并列的名词Valentine和Lupercus。because和instead与of都构成介词短语:because of意为“因为”,后面一般接原因,不符合语境:instead of意为“代替,而不是”,符合文义,放在句中表示“现在这个节日纪念的是瓦伦丁而不再是牧神卢帕克斯”。made和learnt则与of构成了过去分词短语,(be)made of意为“由…构成”:learn of意为“听到,获悉”,均不符合语境。故选C.instead。
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