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  3. 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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问题     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.
【C1】
选项 A、While
B、When
C、Though
D、Unless
答案B
解析 考查逻辑关系。While表时间或让步，意为“当…的时候”或“虽然，尽管”；When表时间，意为“当…的时候”；Though表让步，意为“尽管，虽然”；Unless表条件，意为“除非”。根据文意，两个分句之间是时间关系，因此需要在While和When之间选择。When既可指一段时间，也可指一个时间点，既可表示持续的动作，也可表示一时的动作；While一般只表示持续性的动作或状态。空格所在分句中的动作roamed不是持续性的动作，故B．When正确。
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