首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
February 14 is Valentine’s Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers’ holiday today, with rite giving of candy, flowers, or oth
February 14 is Valentine’s Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers’ holiday today, with rite giving of candy, flowers, or oth
admin
2013-02-27
44
问题
February 14 is Valentine’s Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers’ holiday today, with rite giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a respect【46】______St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop.
For eight hundred years before the【47】______ (establish) of Valentine’s Day, the Romans had【48】pr a pagan(异教徒) celebration in mid-February honoring young men’s ceremony of passage to the god Lupercus. The celebration was characterized by lottery in【49】______young men would draw the names of【50】teen.______ girls from a box. The girl given to each young man in this way would be his companion the rest of the year.
In an effort to do away with such a【51】f______, Pope Gelasius ordered a slight change in the lottery. Instead of the names of young women, the box would contain the names of saints.
【52】______the men and women were allowed to draw from the box, and the game was to【53】imi______the ways of the saint they drew during the rest of rite year. However, ninny young Roman men were not too pleased【54】______the copying. Instead of the pagan god Lupercus , the Church looked for a suitable saint of love to take his【55】p______. They found an appropriate choice in Valentine, who, in AD 270 had been killed by Enter Claudius.
选项
答案
practiced
解析
practise做动词有特殊含义:(do or perform sth.customarily)遵循,奉行(风俗、宗教、仪式等),如:The natives mostly practiced Christianity.当地人大多信奉基督教。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/7rVK777K
本试题收录于:
C类竞赛(非英语专业本科)题库大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)分类
0
C类竞赛(非英语专业本科)
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)
相关试题推荐
HealthyDietforAthletesAthletesarepeoplewithtoughfigures,whocanendurethroughtoughsituations.Whatmattersmost
SightSightisveryeffectiveatgivingexactinformationoverconsiderabledistances.Sightisaneasysensetouse,/beca
HighSchoolDancingPartyintheUSIntheUnitedStates,adancingpartyisheldattheendofsenioryearforhighschool
Shehadto________inthehotelroomfortheSpringFestivalholiday.
Onereasonforthestriking________ofsocialpsychologyintheUnitedStatesliesinthepragmatictraditionofthiscountry.
PassageTwoWhydosmartphoneusersgetdistractedwhenthehandsetisinsightaccordingtotheresearchers?
CriticalThinkingandInnovativeWritingThetraditionalwayofteaching.studentsareurgedto【T1】________things.
ManyChineseintheUnitedStatesliveinCalifornia,________inSanFrancisco.
随机试题
()测量设备的绝缘电阻时,必须先切断设备的电源。对含有较大电容的设备,必须先进行充分放电。
可以使用肠内营养的是【】
不是内翻缝合的是()。
善治脏腑湿痰的药物是
工程项目费用控制的步骤包括:①分析;②比较;③预测;④纠偏;⑤检查。其正确的顺序是()。
《建设工程施工合同》规定,提出索赔时,应有索赔事件发生时的有效证据。下列对索赔证据的要求不正确的是()。
项目各参与方沟通过程的五个要素是指沟通主体、沟通客体、沟通介体以及()。
[A]Marktheheadway[B]Celebratethelittlewins[C]Exerciseislikeaninvestment[D]Makegoodchoices[E]Cut
ResalePriceMaintenanceisthenameusedwhenaretaileriscompelledtosellatapricefixedbythemanufacturerinsteadof
It’ssummer.IntheUnitedStates,it’stheseasonofswimmingpools,barbeques,campingandroadtrips.Roadtripvacations
最新回复
(
0
)