Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. 36 the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called 37 the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his 38 was held on February 15th. On the eve of the festival the 39 of the girls were written on 40 of paper and placed in jars. Each young man 41  a slip. The girl whose name was   42 was to be his sweetheart for the year. Legend 43 it that the holiday became Valentine’s Day 44  a Roman bishop named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II   45 the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would 46 stay home than fight. When Valentine 47 the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the 48 of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a 49 . Christian bishop moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th—Valentine’s Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine 50 of Lupercus. Valentine’s Day has become a major 51 of love and romance in the modern world. The ancient god Cupid and his 52 into a lover’s heart may still be used to 53 falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this. 54 to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’s Day can sometimes be as 55 as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary. 小题1: A．While B．When C．Though D．Unless 小题2: A．upon B．back C．off D．away 小题3: A．honor B．belief C．hand D．way 小题4: A．problems B．secrets C．names D．intentions 小题5: A．rolls B．piles C．works D．slips 小题6: A．cast B．caught C．drew D．found 小题7: A．given B．chosen C．elected D．delivered 小题8: A．tells B．means C．makes D．has 小题9: A．after B．since C．as D．from 小题10: A．ordered B．appealed C．imagined D．believed 小题11: A．other B．simply C．rather D．all 小题12: A．disliked B．resisted C．defeated D．dishonored 小题13: A．celebration B．arrangement C．feast D．eve 小题14: A．goat B．saint C．model D．weapon 小题15: A．because B．made C．instead D．learnt 小题16: A．part B．representative C．judgment D．symbol 小题17: A．story B．wander C．arrow D．play 小题18: A．describe B．require C．demand D．alarm 小题19: A．Keeping B．Disapproving C．Supporting D．Forgetting 小题20: A．constructive B．damaging C．strengthening D．responding