Valentine’s Day is a popular festival of love and romance. There are legends associated with the festival along with the belief that birds began to mate from this day. Historians trace (追踪)its to an ancient Roman festival. It is said that in ancient Rome, people a holiday on February 14th to honor Juno—the Queen of Roman Gods and Goddesses. On the following day, February 15th，the festival of Lupercalia was celebrated to honor the Roman God of Agriculture.
An interesting was followed on the festival of Lupercalia to bring together young boys and girls who otherwise were strictly . On the eve of the festival, names of young Roman girls were written on a slip of paper and placed into jars. Each young man a girl's name from the jar and was paired with the girl during the festival. Sometimes the lasted for a year until next year's celebration. Quite often，the couple would fall in love with each other and marry. The custom lasted for a long time until people felt that it was un-Christian and that mates should be chosen by sight, not .
The pairing of young boys and girls set the mood of the Valentine's Day Festival as we know today. But it was due to the efforts and daring of a priest St Valentine that the festival got its and clearer meaning. The story goes that Emperor Claudius II of Rome found it to get soldiers and felt the reason why men did not join the was that they did not wish to leave their wives and families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. St Valentine challenged Claudius's order and secretly married couples. When his disobedience was ，Valentine was put to death on February 14, around 270 AD. After his death Valentine was named a saint.
1.A. acceptable B. familiar C. various D. unrelated
2.A. possibility B. development C. event D. origin
3.A. studied B. observed C. handled D. discussed
4.A. movement B. celebration C. competition D. custom
5.A. respected B. educated C. separated D. organized
6.A. spoke out B. brought out C. pulled out D. drew out
7.A. pairing B. dating C. playing D. celebrating
8.A. fortunately B. occasionally C. finally D. surprisingly
9.A. order B. risk C. name D. luck
10.A. usually B. actually C. really D. factually
11.A. history B. story C. fame D. name
12.A. strange B. slow C. awful D. tough
13.A. war B. party C. army D. game
14.A. unfinished B. unjustified C. unrecognized D. unconcerned
15.A. discovered B. attacked C. memorized D. promised
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文章须包含要点的所有内容，词数100-120左右。
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请根据中文提示翻译下列词组，并将答案填写在答卷第三部分标号为36~45的相应位置上。
1.克服问题 ______________
2.看不见 ______________
3.新环境 ______________
4.提醒某人某事 ______________
5.专注于 ______________
6.牢记 ______________
7.开始工作 ______________
8.理应做…… ______________
9.进行急救 ______________
10.区别对待；有影响 ______________
根据句子的上下文语境，给下划线的单词或词组选择恰当的英文解释。
1.To commemorate the baby’s birth they put her name on the bell.
2.What happens at births, weddings, and funerals in your country?
3.Over five hundred mourners came to his funeral.
4.The President of the Republic placed a wreath on the tomb.
5.Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, silence the pianos and with muffled drum, bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
A. cannot be heard clearly
B. to do something to show that you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past
C. something gradually decreases
D. to make a long low sound expressing pain or unhappiness.
E. a circle made from leaves or flowers that you put on a grave
F. a religious ceremony for burying or burning a dead person
G. someone who attends a funeral, especially a relative of the dead person
请根据句子的意思和汉语提示完成下列句子，每空只填一个单词。
1.She is not very o_______ about the outcome of the talks.
2.The plan will be submitted to the committee for official a_______.
3.We regret this service is t_______ unavailable and we will see to it as soon as possible.
4.The writer is guilty of discrimination and _______ (accurate) in his article.
5.Please keep me fully _______ (inform) of any change of the situation.
6.Jack is an intelligent student, but he lacks _______ (动机，动力).
7.The tourist industry plays a v_______ (重要的) role in the national economy.
8.She has been d_______ (故意地) ignoring him all day.
9.Teamwork is a key f_______ (特点，特色) of the training program.
10.His p_______ (建议) that the system should be changed was rejected.
Look in the bedroom of teenagers throughout the world and you’ll 1. (probable) find a pair of blue jeans. Their popularity has spread across nations and cultures. Levi Strauss, the American company that first introduced us to the wonder of blue jeans, celebrated 2. 150th birthday last week. The company
3. (found) in 1853 by 24-year-old Levi Strauss. Twenty years later, he made 4. first pair of blue jeans and, in doing so, created work pants 5. the cowboys of the wild American West. Men 6. rushed to California to find gold in the middle of the 19th century started to wear the jeans 7. (make) by Levi Strauss. American troops 8. (fight) in World WarⅡ brought Levi’s jeans to Europe and Asia. Now 9. have been an international symbol of being cool for more than a century. Blue jeans have attracted people’s attention with their 10. (fashion) designs, naturalness, and changeable styles.
