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阅读理解EveryFebruaryacrossthecountrycandyflowersandgiftsareexchangedbetweenlovedonesallinthenameofSt.Valentine.Butwhoisthismysterioussaintandwhydowecelebratethisholiday?Thehist
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EveryFebruaryacrossthecountrycandyflowersandgiftsareexchangedbetweenlovedonesallinthenameofSt.Valentine.Butwhoisthismysterioussaintandwhydowecelebratethisholiday?

ThehistoryofValentine'sDay—anditspatronsaint(守护神)—iscoveredinmystery.ButwedoknowthatFebruaryhaslongbeenamonthofromance.St.Valentine'sDayasweknowittodaycontainssignsofbothChristianandancientRomantradition.

SowhowasSaintValentineandhowdidhebecomeconnectedwiththisancienttradition?TodaytheCatholicChurchrecognizesatleastthreedifferentsaintsnamedValentineorValentinusallofwhomweredead.OnelegenddescribesthatValentinewasapriestwhoservedduringthethirdcenturyinRome.WhenEmperorClaudiusⅡdecidedthatsinglemenmadebettersoldiersthanthosewithwivesandfamiliesheoutlawed(使……不受法律保护)marriageforyoungmen—hiscropofpotentialsoldiers.Valentinerealizingtheinjustice(不公正)oftherulefoughtagainstClaudiusandcontinuedtoperformmarriagesforyoungloversinsecret.WhenValentine'sactionswerediscoveredClaudiusorderedthathebeputtodeath.OtherstoriessuggestthatValentinemayhavebeenkilledforattemptingtohelpChristiansescapecruelRomanprisonswheretheywereoftenbeatenevenkilled.

AccordingtoonelegendValentineactuallysentthefirst“Valentine”greetinghimself.WhileinprisonitisbelievedthatValentinefellinlovewithayounggirl—whomayhavebeenhisjailor'sdaughter—whovisitedhimduringhisimprisonment.Beforehisdeathitissaidthathewroteheraletterwhichhesigned“FromyourValentine”anexpressionthatisstillinusetoday.AlthoughthetruthbehindtheValentinelegendsisgloomythestoriescertainlyemphasizehisappearanceasasympatheticheroicandmostimportantlyromanticfigure.It'snosurprisethatbytheMiddleAgesValentinewasoneofthemostpopularsaintsinEnglandandFrance.

1．WhycandyflowersandgiftsareexchangedbetweenlovedoneseveryFebruary?

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A．Mainlytoshowtheirlovetotheirlovers.

B．MainlytorememberapersonnamedValentine.

C．Becausetheycan'tspendthatdaywithoutthesethings.

D．BecauseFebruaryisaromanticmonth.

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　　答案：B;A;B;D
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