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.
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解析試題分析：情人節(jié)是一個受歡迎的愛情和浪漫的節(jié)日。關(guān)于情人節(jié)有各種各樣的傳說與之相關(guān)。據(jù)說,來自古羅馬人在2月15日的羅馬牧神節(jié)一個有趣的習(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女孩的名字，節(jié)日期間就和女孩配對。有時配對持續(xù)一年,直到明年的慶�；顒印Ｍǔ�,這對夫婦會愛上彼此,最終結(jié)婚。 還有一種說法是：羅馬皇帝克勞迪亞斯二世發(fā)現(xiàn)很難征兵，覺得男人不加入軍隊(duì)的原因是,他們不愿離開自己的妻子和家庭。因此,克勞迪斯在羅馬取消了所有婚姻活動。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,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語境的理解。A. acceptable可接受的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. various各種各樣的；D. unrelated無關(guān)，根據(jù)下文可知，關(guān)于情人節(jié)的傳說各種各樣，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)該是說情人節(jié)的起源。選D
【小題3】考查動詞辨析和對語境的理解。據(jù)說,在古羅馬人們在2月14日慶祝一個節(jié)日假是為了表達(dá)對羅馬諸神的女王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】考查名詞辨析和對語境的理解。在牧神節(jié)上一個有趣的習(xí)俗一直被延續(xù)著。A. movement運(yùn)動；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】考查動詞辨析和對語境的理解。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】考查動詞短語辨析和對語境的理解。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女孩的名字，節(jié)日期間就和女孩配對。A. spoke out說出；B. brought out拿出；C. pulled out拉出；D. drew out抽出。故選D。
【小題7】考查動詞-ing形式辨析和對語境的理解。結(jié)合前文可知意思是：有時配對持續(xù)一年,直到明年的慶�；顒印. Pairing配對；B. dating約會；C. playing玩；D. celebrating慶祝。故選A。
【小題8】考查副詞辨析和對語境的理解。通常這對會愛上彼此, 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。把四個選項(xiàng)帶入本句分析語境可知，選C。
【小題9】考查名詞辨析和對語境的理解。這種習(xí)俗持續(xù)了很長時間,直到人們覺得這不是基督教教義的，伴侶應(yīng)該通過眼睛選，而不是靠運(yùn)氣。A. order順序、命令；B. risk冒險；C. name名字；D. luck運(yùn)氣。故選D。
【小題10】考查副詞辨析和對語境的理解。。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一般是對前面對方說的話表示疑問，驚訝的語氣。而在表示確實(shí)的，真實(shí)地意思時，通常是和表語連接的，而actually 實(shí)際上，很多時候用于居首作狀語，還可以修飾形容詞，動詞，或者其他副詞，或者一個句子，factually 意思是“真實(shí)地，確實(shí)地”類似于：really。故選B。
【小題11】考查名詞辨析和對語境的理解。由于牧師圣瓦倫丁的努力和勇敢才使得這個節(jié)日有了這個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)的來歷。故選D。
【小題12】考查形容詞辨析和對語境的理解。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】考查名詞辨析和對語境的理解�；实跜laudius二世覺得男人不加入軍隊(duì)的原因是,他們不愿離開自己的妻子和家庭。A. war戰(zhàn)爭；B. party聚會；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語境的理解。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沒認(rèn)出的；D. unconcerned不關(guān)心的。故選B。
【小題15】考查動詞辨析和對語境的理解。根據(jù)語境理解為：當(dāng)他的反抗被發(fā)現(xiàn)時,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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As I got 18 , we didn’t play catch as much. If I had a problem and would go to my father to ask for his 19 , he would try to 20 with me and say “Keep your eye on the ball”. We would both laugh 21 usually that advice was not useful to the problem, but he would try to make me 22 .
My father became 23 in 1995 when I was 23. There weren’t any more conversations, as he suffered from a stroke(中風(fēng)). 24 could not speak. He could only give 25 words, which were sometimes hard to understand. I seemed to be pretty good at 26 his lips(唇) after a while, even better than the 27 who were caring for him there.
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He was driving home one cold evening on a country road when he saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road. He stopped to give her a ____. “Why don't you wait in the car where it is warm, Madam? It won't take me long.” He said, “____，my name is Joe.”
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Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but for a glance.
One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden, in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he the old gardener was blind. , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you reasons. First I was a when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s .
“Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man .
“Yeah, it’s that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good . In the meantime, it also a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The old man’s astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and them as a link of minds so as to make enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness？
I believe every flower has with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：完型填空
There was a pet store and the owner had a parrot. One day a walked in and the parrot said to the man ,“Hey you!” The man said, “What!?” The parrot said, “Your is really ugly.” The man got very and went to the store owner and said, “Your bird just my wife. It said she was ugly.”
The owner stormed over, the bird, took it into the “black room,” shook it a bit, out a few feathers, and said, “Don’t ever, ever say anything to my customers again. You got that�。�！”
With that he took the bird and put it back into its cage. The old bird shook out its and relaxed in its cage. A couple of weeks and in walked this guy and his wife again. The parrot said, “Hey you!” The guy said, “What!?” The parrot answered, “You know that.”
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