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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、part
B、representative
C、judgment
D、symbol
答案
D
解析
本题测试词义搭配,part(部分);representative(代表),judgment(审判,判决),symbol (象征,标志,尤指代表抽象东西的实体)。根据句意symbol正确,意为:情人节在现代世界里已经成为爱和浪漫的一个主要象征。
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考研英语一
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