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Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. (1)_____ the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans ca
Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. (1)_____ the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans ca
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Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. (1)_____ the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called (2)_____ the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his (3)_____ was held February 15th. On the eve of the festival the (4)_____ of the girls were written on (5)_____ paper and placed in jars. Each young man (6)_____ a slip. The girl whose name was (7)_____ was to be his sweetheart for the year.
Legend (8)_____ it that the holiday became Valentine’s Day (9)_____ a roman priest named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II (10)_____ the Roman soldiers not to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would (11)_____ stay home than fight. When Valentine (12)_____ the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the (13)_____ of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a (14)_____. Christian priests moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th—Valentine’s Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine (15)_____ of Lupercus.
Valentine’s Day has become a major (16)_____ of love and romance in the modem world. The ancient god Cupid and his (17)_____ into a lover’s heart may still be used to (18)_____ falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this. (19)_____ to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’s Day can sometimes be as (20)_____ as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary.
选项
A、portray
B、require
C、demand
D、alert
答案
A
解析
本题测试词义搭配。portray(描绘);require(需要,要求,命令);demand(要求,需要);alert(使…处于戒备,注意,警觉)。根据句意,以及后面-ing分词结构可以得出portray正确。该句大意为:爱神丘比特和他的射中情侣心脏的箭仍然被用来描绘坠入爱河或正在热恋之中。其他选项均不符合题意。
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考研英语一
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