单选题
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 on February 15th. On the eve of the festival the (4) of the girls were written on (5) of 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 88 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.
【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词短语辨析。空格处填入的介词或副词与call构成动词短语,后接sb. to do sth. 作复合宾语。call upon sb. to do sth. 意为“请求/要求某人做某事”,符合题意。call back意为“回电话;叫(某人)回去”;call off意为“取消,停止进行”,一般接sth. 作宾语;call away意为“叫走,叫到别处去”。故选A.upon。
单选题
A. honor B. belief C. hand D. way
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查介词短语辨析。不存在in sb. 's belief的搭配,首先排除B。其他项构成的固定搭配是:in sb. 's/sth. 's honor意为“向……表示敬意”,符合题意,表示“向他(牧神卢帕克斯)表示敬意”;in sb. 's hands意为“受某人照料,被某人控制”;in sb. 's way意为“以某人特有的方式”或“挡某人的路”;根据文意,A.honor正确。
【答案解析】[解析] 考查固定搭配。Legend has it意为“据传说”,后面接宾语从句,是it替代的内容。因此,本题选D.has。
单选题
A. after B. since C. as D. from
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查介词辨析。空格处填入一个介词,后面接名词短语a Roman priest,过去分词named Valentine作后置定语修饰priest。A. after。意为“模仿,依照”,符合文意,空格所在句子相当于Valentine's Day was named after a Roman priest。其他项虽然都可作介词,但since“自从”,as“作为”,from“从”,均不符合文意。
单选题
A. ordered B. pleaded C. envisioned D. believed
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。空格处填入的动词需接不定式的复合结构作宾语。符合要求的只有A.ordered。order sb. to do sth. 意为“命令/指挥/要求(某人做某事)”,符合文义。plead的常用搭配是plead with sb. to do sth. ,意为“恳求(某人做某事)”;envision意为“展望,想象”,一般只接sth. 作宾语;believe意为“相信”,可接sb. /sth. 或从句作宾语,但不接不定式。
单选题
A. Keeping B. Disapproving C. Supporting D. Forgetting
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨析。空格所在句子为全文的最后一句,其主干结构为______to give flowers can be as...as forgetting a birthday。该句中有一个比较结构,因此相比较的事物应具有一定的可比性。首先从语法上看,能接不定式作宾语的只有D.Forgetting。Keep一般接动名词作宾语;Disapprove常接of sth. /sb. 作宾语;Support常接sb. /sth. 作宾语,其次,“forgetting”一词在下文中也出现,在上下文比较的含义上体现了呼应。
单选题
A. constructive B. damaging C. reinforcing D. retorting