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1、英语冲刺复习英语精练（6）AValentine'sDayisnamedforSaintValentine,anearlyChristianchurchmanwhoreportedlyhelpedyounglovers．ValentinewaskilledforhisChristianbeliefsonFebruary14morethan1,700yearsago,butthedaythathashisnameisevenearlierthanthat．Morethan2,000yearsago,theanci

2、entRomanscelebratedaholidayforlovers．Aspartofthecelebration,girlswrotetheirnamesonpiecesofpaperandputtheminalargecontainer．Boysreachedintothecontainerandpulledoneout．Thegirlwhosenamewaswrittenonthepaperbecamehisloverorsweetheartforayear．Loversstillputtheirn

3、amesonpiecesofpaperandtheysendeachotherValentine'sDaycardsthattelloftheirlove．Sometimestheyalsosendgifts,likeflowersorchocolatecandy．Americansusuallysendthesegiftsandcardsthroughthemailsystem．Butsomeusedanotherwaytosendthismessage．Theyhaveitprintedinanewspa

4、per．Thecostisusuallyafewdollars．Someofthemessagesaresimpleandshort,"Jane,Iloveyouverymuch．"Otherssaymore．Thisone,forexample,"Don,rosesarered．Violetsareblue．IhopeyoulovemeasmuchasIloveyou．Forever,Mary．"Mostofthenewspapersthatprintsuchmessagesarelocal,butUSAT

5、odayissoldthroughouttheUnitedStatesand90othercountriesaswell．ThismeanssomeonecansendaValentinemessagetoaloverinafar-awaycityortownalmostanywhereintheworld．Thesemessagescost80dollarsandmore．AnemployeeofUSATodaysaysreaderscanhaveasmallheartorroseprintedalongw

6、iththeirmessagesthisyear．WillthiskindofValentine'sDaymessagereachtheoneyoulove?Well,justmakesureheorshereadsthenewspaper．41．WhichistrueaboutValentine'sDayaccordingtothetext?A．Giftsareamustfortheholiday．B．Girlssendcardswiththeirnames．C．Loversusuallybuyrosesf

7、oreachother．D．Lovemessagesmayappearinnewspapers．42．Whichoftheeventstookplaceearliestaccordingtothetext?A．Peoplebegantocelebratetheholiday．B．TheholidaywasnamedValentine．C．Valentine'sDaycardsappeared．D．SaintValentinewaskilled．43．Whatisthemainpurposeoftheautho

8、rinwritingthistext?A．TointroduceValentine'sDay．B．ToattractreaderstoUSAToday．6用心爱心专心C．TotellastoryaboutSaintValentine．D．ToexplainthedevelopmentofValentine'sDay．BHistorianssayHarrietTubmanwasbornintheyea