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 (追蹤)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.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)cceptableB．familiarC．variousD．unrelated
小題2:
A．possibilityB．developmentC．eventD．origin
小題3:
A．studiedB．observedC．handledD．discussed
小題4:
A．movementB．celebrationC．competitionD．custom
小題5:
A．respectedB．educatedC．separatedD．organized
小題6:
A．spoke outB．brought outC．pulled outD．drew out
小題7:
A．pairingB．datingC．playingD．celebrating
小題8:
A．fortunatelyB．occasionallyC．finallyD．surprisingly
小題9:
A．orderB．riskC．nameD．luck
小題10:
A．usuallyB．a(chǎn)ctuallyC．reallyD．factually
小題11:
A．historyB．storyC．fameD．name
小題12:
A．strangeB．slowC．a(chǎn)wfulD．tough
小題13:
A．warB．partyC．a(chǎn)rmyD．game
小題14:
A．unfinishedB．unjustifiedC．unrecognizedD．unconcerned
小題15:
A．discoveredB．a(chǎn)ttackedC．memorizedD．promised

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C
小題6:D
小題7:A
小題8:C
小題9:D
小題10:B
小題11:D
小題12:D
小題13:C
小題14:B
小題15:A

試題分析：情人節(jié)是一個(gè)受歡迎的愛(ài)情和浪漫的節(jié)日。關(guān)于情人節(jié)有各種各樣的傳說(shuō)與之相關(guān)。據(jù)說(shuō),來(lái)自古羅馬人在2月15日的羅馬牧神節(jié)一個(gè)有趣的習(xí)俗，節(jié)日前夕,年輕女孩的名字被寫在一張紙上,放入罐中。每一位男孩取出罐里的一個(gè)女孩的名字，節(jié)日期間就和女孩配對(duì)。有時(shí)配對(duì)持續(xù)一年,直到明年的慶�；顒�(dòng)。通常,這對(duì)夫婦會(huì)愛(ài)上彼此,最終結(jié)婚。 還有一種說(shuō)法是：羅馬皇帝克勞迪亞斯二世發(fā)現(xiàn)很難征兵，覺(jué)得男人不加入軍隊(duì)的原因是,他們不愿離開(kāi)自己的妻子和家庭。因此,克勞迪斯在羅馬取消了所有婚姻活動(dòng)。圣瓦倫丁挑戰(zhàn)克勞迪斯這種不公正的命令，秘密地為情侶們證婚。當(dāng)他的反抗被發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí),在約公元270年的2月14日被處死，在他死后圣瓦倫丁被命名為圣人，也就有今日的情人節(jié)。
小題1:考查形容詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A. acceptable可接受的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. various各種各樣的；D. unrelated無(wú)關(guān)，根據(jù)下文可知，關(guān)于情人節(jié)的傳說(shuō)各種各樣，故選C。
小題2:考查名詞辨析。A. possibility可能性；B. development發(fā)展；C. event事件；D. origin起源。這里應(yīng)該是說(shuō)情人節(jié)的起源。選D
小題3:考查動(dòng)詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。據(jù)說(shuō),在古羅馬人們?cè)?月14日慶祝一個(gè)節(jié)日假是為了表達(dá)對(duì)羅馬諸神的女王Juno的紀(jì)念。A. Studied研究、學(xué)習(xí)；B. observed觀察、慶祝；C. handled處理；D. discussed討論。故選B
小題4:考查名詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。在牧神節(jié)上一個(gè)有趣的習(xí)俗一直被延續(xù)著。A. movement運(yùn)動(dòng)；B. celebration慶祝；C. competition比賽；D. custom習(xí)俗。下面也有custom出現(xiàn)，故選D。
小題5:考查動(dòng)詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。從下文可知是：把被嚴(yán)格分離的年輕的男孩和女孩匯聚到一起。A. respected尊重；B. educated教育；C. separated分離；D. organized組織。故選C
小題6:考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。節(jié)日前夕,年輕女孩的名字被寫在一張紙上,放入罐中。所以后面應(yīng)該是：每一位男孩從罐里抽出一個(gè)女孩的名字，節(jié)日期間就和女孩配對(duì)。A. spoke out說(shuō)出；B. brought out拿出；C. pulled out拉出；D. drew out抽出。故選D。
小題7:考查動(dòng)詞-ing形式辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。結(jié)合前文可知意思是：有時(shí)配對(duì)持續(xù)一年,直到明年的慶�；顒�(dòng)。A. Pairing配對(duì)；B. dating約會(huì)；C. playing玩；D. celebrating慶祝。故選A。
小題8:考查副詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。通常這對(duì)會(huì)愛(ài)上彼此, 最終結(jié)婚。A. fortunately幸運(yùn)地；B. occasionally偶爾；C. finally最后；D. surprisingly令人驚奇地。把四個(gè)選項(xiàng)帶入本句分析語(yǔ)境可知，選C。
小題9:考查名詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。這種習(xí)俗持續(xù)了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間,直到人們覺(jué)得這不是基督教教義的，伴侶應(yīng)該通過(guò)眼睛選，而不是靠運(yùn)氣。A. order順序、命令；B. risk冒險(xiǎn)；C. name名字；D. luck運(yùn)氣。故選D。
小題10:考查副詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。。但事實(shí)上是這樣的。A. usually通常；B. actually實(shí)際上；C. really真的；D. factually事實(shí)上。really一般是對(duì)前面對(duì)方說(shuō)的話表示疑問(wèn)，驚訝的語(yǔ)氣。而在表示確實(shí)的，真實(shí)地意思時(shí)，通常是和表語(yǔ)連接的，而actually 實(shí)際上，很多時(shí)候用于居首作狀語(yǔ)，還可以修飾形容詞，動(dòng)詞，或者其他副詞，或者一個(gè)句子，factually 意思是“真實(shí)地，確實(shí)地”類似于：really。故選B。
小題11:考查名詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。由于牧師圣瓦倫丁的努力和勇敢才使得這個(gè)節(jié)日有了這個(gè)名字和更清晰的意義。本文講的是情人節(jié)即是圣瓦倫丁節(jié)的來(lái)歷。A. history歷史；B. story故事；C. fame名聲；D. name名字。本文講的是情人節(jié)即是圣瓦倫丁節(jié)的來(lái)歷。故選D。
小題12:考查形容詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A. strange奇怪的；B. slow慢慢地；C. awful可怕的；D. tough艱難地。從文章后面可以看出：羅馬皇帝Claudius二世發(fā)現(xiàn)很難征兵。故選D。
小題13:考查名詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。皇帝Claudius二世覺(jué)得男人不加入軍隊(duì)的原因是,他們不愿離開(kāi)自己的妻子和家庭。A. war戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)；B. party聚會(huì)；C. army軍隊(duì)；D. game游戲。join the army是固定搭配，參軍。故選C。
小題14:考查形容詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。圣瓦倫丁挑戰(zhàn)Claudius的不公平的命令，然后偷偷地為情侶們證婚。A. unfinished未完成的；B. unjustified不公平的；C. unrecognized沒(méi)認(rèn)出的；D. unconcerned不關(guān)心的。故選B。
小題15:考查動(dòng)詞辨析和對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境理解為：當(dāng)他的反抗被發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí),在大約公元270年的2月14日被處死。他死后圣瓦倫丁被尊為圣人。A. discovered發(fā)現(xiàn)；B. attacked襲擊；C. memorized記�。籇. promised答應(yīng)。故選A。
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In Greece and Italy, people eat special kinds of sweets at the wedding. Both Greece and Italy also have their own special wedding dances, which all of the guests enjoy.
In Russia, couples tie a doll to their wedding car if they want to have a daughter, or a toy bear if they want to have a son.
In England, it is tradition for the little girls to throw flowers on the ground on the way to the wedding ceremony. The bride and groom walk on these flowers. This represents the hope that the couples will follow the path that leads to a happy life.
Topic
·Getting married can be 1. __________ than any other moment in a person’s life.
·Interesting wedding customs differ 2. _________ country to country.
Countries/ People
Wedding Customs
African Americans
·Married couple jump over a broom covered with flowers, which 3. _________ the beginning of family life.
·In the past, African American couples were 4. __________ to get married legally.
 France and Germany
·Make jokes about the bride and groom.
·In Germany, wedding guests get dishes 5. __________.
·A German wedding often 6. _________ three days.
The Greek and the 7. __________
·Either Greece 8. _________ Italy has its own special wedding dances, which all of the guests enjoy.
Russia
·If couples want to have a daughter, they will have a doll 9. _________ to their wedding car.
The English
·The bride and groom walk on the flowers thrown by little girls. It represents the hope of 10. __________ the path leading to a happy life.

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American and British use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello！” or “How are you？”. “Hi！” is creeping(不知不覺(jué)的)into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you.” The British say, “How do you do？” or “Pleased to meet you.” When Americans say “Good­bye”， they nearly always add, “Have a good day，” or “Have a good trip，” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day”。
The British usually use “got”in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do.
Am.E: Do you have a car, room，etc.？Yes, I do.
Br.E: Have you got a car, room, etc.? Yes, I have.
Finally, there are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e．g.check(US)/cheque(UK); center(US)/centre(UK). Many American words ending in “or”， e．g. honor, vigor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our”， e．g. honour, vigour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize”or “izing” forms, e．g. organize, realizing are spelt in Br.E “ise”or “ising”，e.g.organise，realising.In American English, “practice”is used both for the verb and noun.In Br.E, the verb is spelt “practise”， and the noun “practice”. In the main, American English  avoids the doubling up of consonants(輔音字母)in nouns and verbs while British English does not.In American English, for example, one writes “travel, traveled, traveling, traveler，” while in British English, one writes  “travel, travelled, travelling, traveller”．
It was once predicted that British and American English would became separate languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links(連接)between the two countries are so strong that linguistically(語(yǔ)言上的), and probably culturally(文化上的)too, they are closer together than ever.
小題1:The Americans hardly say________.
A．Good­bye.Have a good day!B．Glad to know you!
C．Hi!D．Have you got a car?
小題2:A British writes________.
A．cheque；centerB．honor；organise
C．traveled；practice D．labour；traveller
小題3:What does the fifth paragraph talk about?
A．There are lots of differences in spelling between Am.E.and Br.E.
B．Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings?
C．There are few differences in spelling between Am.E.and Br.E.
D．The different usages of words in Am.E and Br.E
小題4:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The two languages will become separate languages.
B．American English will be used more and more.
C．The two languages will be closer and closer.
D．British English will be used more and more.

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Janice is an American engineer working in Nanjing. She and her husband George, who is teaching English at a university, have been eager to get to know Chinese people better, so they were pleased when Liu, Janice’s young co-worker, invited them to her home for dinner.
When they arrived, Liu introduced them to her husband Yang and asked them to sit down at a table containing eight plates of various cold dishes. Half an hour later she came back and sat down and the three began to eat. Yang came in from time to time, putting hot dishes on the table. Most of the food was wonderful, though neither George nor Janice could eat the fatty pork, and there was much more than they could eat. They kept wishing Yang would sit down so they could talk to him. Finally he did sit down to eat a bit, but soon it was time to go home.
Janice and George felt slightly depressed by this experience, but returned the invitation two weeks later. They decided to make a nice American meal and felt lucky to find olives, crackers(脆餅), tomato juice, and even some cheese in the shop. They put these out as appetizers（開(kāi)胃品）. For the main course they prepared spaghetti and a salad.
When Liu and Yang arrived and began to have dinner, they took small tastes of the appetizers and seemed surprised when both George and Janice sat down with them. They ate only a little spaghetti and didn’t finish the salad on their plates. After a while, George cleared the table and served coffee and pastries(糕點(diǎn)). Yang and Liu each put four spoons of sugar into their coffee but didn’t drink much of it and ate only a bite or two of pastry.
After they left, George and Janice were upset. “ We left their place so full but they’re going to have to eat again when they get home. What went wrong?
小題1:What do we know about the dinner at Liu’s home?
A．It lasted about half an hour.
B．There were eight dishes in all.
C．the hot dishes were mainly cooked by Yang.
D．Many dishes were cooked in American style.
小題2:Why did the American couple feel a bit depressed after dinner at Liu’s home?
A．They received a cold welcome.
B．The fatty pork was not delicious.
C．The dinner was not well prepared.
D．Yang spent little time talking with them.
小題3:During the dinner at Janice’s home, Liu and Yang _______.
A．found little food to enjoy.
B．a(chǎn)te much salad and pastry.
C．drank a lot of coffee with much sugar.
D．showed much interest in American food.
小題4:The text is most likely to be found in a book about _______.
A．cooking skillsB．cultural differences
C．language learningD．business management

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