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Valentine’ s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. 【B1】______the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans
Valentine’ s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. 【B1】______the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans
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2018-04-27
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Valentine’ s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. 【B1】______the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called【B2】______the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his【B3】______was held on February 15th. On the eve of the festival the【B4】______of the girls were written on 【B5】______ of paper and placed in jars. Each young man 【B6】______ a slip. The girl whose name was 【B7】______ was to be his sweetheart for the year.
Legend 【B8】______ it that the holiday became Valentine’s Day 【B9】______ a Roman priest named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II【B10】______the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would【B11】______stay home than fight. When Valentine【B12】______the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the【B13】______of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a【B14】______. Christian priests moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th—Valentine’s Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine【B15】______of Lupercus.
Valentine’ s Day has become a major【B16】______of love and romance in the modern world. The ancient god Cupid and his【B17】______into a lover’s heart may still be used to【B18】______falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this.【B19】______to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’ s Day can sometimes be as【B20】______as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary.
【B13】
选项
A、celebration
B、arrangement
C、feast
D、eve
答案
D
解析
考查语篇理解。空格部分“the______of Lupercalia”与上文“February 14th”是同位语的关系。Lupercalia指“牧神节”,第一段第三句提到该节日的时间是2月15日。因此2月14日是该节日的前夕,故本题应选D.eve。celebration“庆祝”;arrangement“安排”;feast“节日;宴会”,均不符合文意。
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考研英语一
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