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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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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Qixi is an important festival that celebrates love and 1.(devote), which falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar. The love story of Niulang and Zhinu, and the Qixi Festival have been handed down for generations. 2. actually these ancient traditions and customs 3.(die) out nowadays.
Many a Chinese, particularly youngsters, 4.(seem) to know more about St Valentine’s Day on February 14th, 5. people celebrate it with bouquets of roses, chocolates and romantic candlelight dinners. 6.(refer) to as the “Chinese Valentine’s Day,” Qixi, as a traditional Chinese festival, is more similar 7. a western festival since fewer people than ever will gaze at the heavens to pick out the two stars shining bright on either side of the Milky Way. There are reminders dotted about, in 8. form of big ads saying “Sales on Chinese Valentine’s Day!” in shops, hotels and restaurants. However, 9.(differ) from traditional practices, few young women will mark the festival with their boyfriends, or take part in traditional activities to celebrate 10..
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Valentine’s Day is the time of the year when couples show their love for each other by sending cards，flowers and chocolates. Its origins are1.________(clear) and hidden in the river of time. Nobody knows exactly 2.________St.Valentine was，although some historians suggest he was 3.______Roman killed in the third century AD by a Roman Emperor. It is said that the first4._______(record) Valentine’s card was sent by the imprisoned Duke of Orleans in 1415. 5._______is believed that he tried to find comfort from his imprisonment by writing love poems to his wife.
Now，Valentine’s Day 6._______(celebrate) in many countries around the world. However, the traditions often differ from place to place. In Japan，for example，it is normal 7._______the woman to send chocolates to the man, 8._______in South Korea April 14th is known as “Black Day” and is when the unfortunate men who received nothing on Valentine’s Day gather to eat noodles and show sympathy for each other.
Technological 9._______(develop) have also played their part 10.______ keeping Valentine’s Day relevant in the 21st century. Valentine’s ecards have been very popular in recent years.
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Valentine’s Day, a day traditionally reserved for expressing romantic love, is observed practically all around the world. However, not many people are familiar with Sweetest Day. Actually it is a holiday, especially designed to express love and care for those who were routinely neglected（忽视）by society.
Sweetest Day was the idea of Herbert Birch Kingston, who worked for a company in Cleveland, Ohio. He felt that there were plenty of children, especially orphans and poor kids, who didn’t necessarily get the attention they deserved. Thus in 1922, he launched the first Sweetest Day to give out boxes of candy to mainly poor children.
Since the day picked was the third Saturday in October, this became the traditional time to celebrate Sweetest Day. The tradition was so enjoyed that people often looked beyond kindness to treating their own friends or family to treats on Sweetest Day.
In the US, Sweetest Day is celebrated primarily in the Northeastern region of the US, still on the third Saturday of October. Yet news of the tradition, which began nearly 100 years ago, has spread to other parts of the country, especially as people who lived in those areas moved elsewhere. People may distribute candy or small gifts to those in patient homes, hospitals, foster homes, or mental institutions, and they may also treat friends and family to little gifts from the heart.
In keeping with the original tradition, celebrating Sweetest Day should really be most focused on people who ordinarily don’t have the good fortune of attention from friends or family, either due to difficult family circumstances or to poverty. This can be a great tradition to start if your community doesn’t routinely celebrate the day, and there are many candy manufacturers that are willing to help donate or reduce costs on gifts intended for people in unfortunate circumstances.
1.The original purpose of Sweetest Day is to ________.
A. provide an occasion to know orphans
B. make those poor children happy
C. make your friends and family happy
D. distribute candy to those lovely children
2.What do people barely do on Sweetest Day?
A. Buy flowers for your sweetheart.
B. Visit patients who have to be in hospital.
C. Give friends gifts to make them happy.
D. Care for children who lost their parents.
3.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. it is vital to contact the candy manufacturers
B. it is necessary to call on friends or families
C. it is important to help those in need
D. it is common to serve your community
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Introduction of Holi
Holi is an ancient festival of colours and love. It is celebrated in India and many parts of South Asia. There are lots of Holi celebrations. It is becoming more and more popular.
The festival of colour
Holi means the beginning of spring. It is a time to give thanks for the good harvest. The dates change each year according to the full moon, but it is usually in March and sometimes in late February. People go outside and throw coloured paint powder(粉) at each other. It does not matter whether you are rich or poor, old or young---everyone can throw colours. It is a time to forgive people and repair broken relationships, as well as meet other people, play and have fun.
Traditional Holi
Traditional Holi celebrations start the night before the throwing of colours. People meet around a bonfire(篝火) and hope that the bad will be destroyed. The next day is the festival of colours. There is music playing, and people run and laugh in the streets and parks. Holi is celebrated outside.
Other Holi events in the UK
Holi celebrations began as early as the fourth century. It is thousands of years old! But recently, Holi-themed events have become popular with a new generation in Europe and North America. Every year, many people go to Holi events in London and all over the UK. They dress in white T-shirts and return covered in bright colours. There are paint-throwing parties at music festivals and races like the five-kilometre ‘Colour Run’. In the UK, restaurants and cultural organizations also offer their own Holi celebrations, with special dishes, Indian music and dance.
1.What can we learn about the Holi festival from the text?
A. It takes places in March every year.
B. Its celebration means the end of spring.
C. It is a festival of love and light.
D. It is a festival with a long history.
2.How is the Holi festival celebrated?
A. People stay at home and make delicious food.
B. The old throw coloured paint powder at the young.
C. People show their respect for the old.
D. People throw coloured powder at each other.
3.What other ways are there to celebrate the Holi festival now?
A. People eat special dishes in Indian restaurants.
B. Indian music and dance are shown and enjoyed.
C. People dress in colourful clothes and throw colored powder at each other.
D. People express forgiveness to people who have hurt them.
4.Where can we most probably find the text?
A. On a movie poster.
B. In a science report
C. In a magazine about culture
D. On a website about history
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Valentine’s Day is a day named ______ Valentine who was a priest in the third century Rome.
A.of B.with
C.after D.by
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Cameron is no ordinary dog, and not just because he was born on Valentine's Day. To Maggie, a first grader at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, the dog who spends most days on campus is more like a friend. When Cameron is near, Maggie feels "really, really, happy," she said, "I feel safe around him, she added. "He '11 lie down and ask me to scratch his tummy," she explained, because Cameron likes Maggie.
Cameron is one of a handful of dogs at Burgundy, a K-8 private day school in Alexandria, Virginia. Dogs started showing up there when the head of school, Jeff Sindler, brought his clumsy Labrador, Luke, to the main office building where Sindler works. After Luke died, Sindler adopted Cameron and brought him to campus, too, where the dog Maggie described as really cute" became a school favorite.
“They don’t care if you are good at basketball or a great reader, or popular," Sindler said. “They just want to be loved — equal opportunity," he added. "Cameron and the other dogs on campus—are always fastened with a rope and with their owner一go a long way toward improving students' social and emotional well-being," he said. They reduce tension and ease anxiety, and inspire happy feelings from students.
“They bring out some important emotions/' he said, “and are especially helpful to children and adults who struggle in social communication, Children often came from challenging backgrounds: many lived in poverty, or had to travel through dangerous neighborhoods to get to school, or shared a too-crowded home. When these emotionally needy children met the dogs, they relaxed and were more prepared to learn.
Just as important, dogs on school grounds set a positive, welcoming tone. They help preserve the school climate that is accepting, supportive and curious・"Dogs are one way to hold on to Sindler said, adding that "schools should be fun and exciting, and dogs can be a big part of that."
For Sindler, including Cameron was all part of an effort to create a safe environment where learning could flourish.
1.What makes the dog Cameron really special?
A.His rare species B.His particular birthmark.
C.His attractive appearance. D.His friendly nature.
2.How do dogs on campus improve students' social and emotional well-being?
A.By playing fetch together fondly.
B.By offering them comfort equally.
C.By playing basketball together freely.
D.By walking a long way together happily.
3.What docs the underlined word"that" in paragraph 5 refer to?
A.A positive tom. B.The school ground.
C.A welcoming attitude. D.The school atmosphere.
4.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A.To encourage schools to bring in more dogs.
B.To explain why dogs help students with learning.
C.To introduce a way to help students grow healthily,
D.To explore the possibility to challenge no-dog rules.
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The CCTV Spring Festival Cala Evening________annually since 1983 and it is still very popular with most Chinese.
A．was ran B．is running C．had been run D．has been running
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The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is ________ the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar.
A. congratulated on B. reminded in
C. observed on D. remembered as
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The “Chong Yang Festival” is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, which is also known as the Double Ninth Festival. 1.
Climbing Mountains
People like to climb mountains on this festival, so Double Ninth Festival is also called “Mountain-climbing Festival”.
The 9th lunar month, with clear autumn sky and bracing air, is a good time for sightseeing. 2.. It is really refreshing to climb mountains and enjoy the beauty of nature at this bright and clear time in autumn.
Climbing mounting also indicates “climbing to a higher position”. Another reason why climbing mountains are valued by people, especially by the elderly is that it has a meaning of “climbing to ligneous life”. Climbing mountains on Double Ninth Festival was already popular in the Tang Dynasty.3.
Drinking Chrysanthemum Flower(菊花) Wine
The chrysanthemum flower wine is unique in brewing. In ancient times, people usually picked fresh chrysanthemum flowers and leaves on the 9th of the 9th lunar month, and brewed the mixture of them and grains into the wine. 4.. The wine is said to have wholesome effects on sharpness of the eye, drop of high blood pressure, reduction of weight and removal of stomach trouble, thus contributing to longevity.
5.
The Double Ninth cake is also known as “flower cake”. It dates back to the Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the cake was originally prepared after autumn harvests for farmers to have a taste of what was just in season, and it gradually grew into the present cake for people to eat on the Double Ninth Day.
A. Eating Double Ninth Cake
B. Making “flower cake” with friends
C. A lot of poems were devoted to this custom
D. So people love to go sightseeing this month
E. It would not be drunk until the same day next year
F. Here are some traditional customs of the Double Ninth Festival
G. But few Chinese people are aware of the importance of the festival
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