【正文】 ) encouraged people to choose saints as patrons on Valentines Day. 7. We have been able to buy valentine cards a) for over 300 years. b) since Miss Esther Howland sent the first valentine card. c) for over 200 years. d) since the post office in Loveland was opened. 8. Before 1800 a) many people exchanged valentine greetings and gifts. b) there were often annual valentines balls. c) the post office in Loveland was kept busy on Valentine39。 decision, appear to have chosen Saint Valentine39?！陡呒?jí)休閑英語(yǔ)》試題 Section I. Reading (40 Points) Information for examinees Questions 110： 20points, 2 point for each。s name from the jar, then the young man and woman would bee partners for the duration of the festival. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry. Under the rule of Emperor Claudius Ⅱ , Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that Roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. Saint Valentine and Saint Marius secretly married couples, and for this Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270 A. D. In 496 A. D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14th to honor St. Valentine. The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavored to do away with the pagan element in the Roman feasts of this period by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. As the Lupercalia began about the middle of February the pastors, following Gelasius39。s Day. b) encouraged young men to choose maidens as partners on Valentine39。 Crosskeys Road, which is halfway along the main RandalstownPortglenone Road B52. From Belfast take the M2 amp。 entertainment。s ball is in (7274 cm) in circumference. The covering of the ball is leather, rubber, position, or synthetic, although leather covers only are dictated by rules for college play, unless the teams agree otherwise. Orange is the regulation color. At all levels of play, the home team provides the ball. Inflation of the ball is based on the height of the ball39。 Australia, China, and India between 1895 and 1900。 the ball was the objective. To score, the ball had to be shot through a horizontal, elevated goal. The team with the most points at the end of an allotted time period wins. Early in the history of basketball, the local YMCAs provided the gymnasiums, and membership in the anization grew rapidly. The size of the local gym dictated the number of players。 games are played in them, meetings are held in them. They are relied upon for food, drink and social contact. 2. Pubs have always been important for every kind of club, society and anization. They have bee n used, over the centuries, as courts, churches and auction rooms. In the past, pubs in smaller munities were even used as mortuaries at times. It is claimed that both cricket and football were born in pubs! Great music has been launched from pubs and all sorts of present day pop groups played their first performances in the local pub. 3. English literature is said to have begun in a pubChaucer?s Tabard and literature and pubs have been closely linked ever since that time. Shakespeare frequented inns and alehouses and often wrote his plays over a jug of ale. Pubs also feature prominently in the works of Charles Dickens. 4. Pubs have been used by highwaymen and smugglers, artists and writers, geniuses and intellectuals, criminals and ics all types of people from a variety of backgrounds and, these days, from all around the world. 5. Beer has a traditional British taste but there are many different flavours and varieties: light ale, pale ale, brown ale and bitter to mention only a few. It?s served from bottles or barrels in pints or half pints Questions 4145. Identify among the following topics those which are dealt with in different paragraphs (Write down the letter representing the topic as the answer). a. Pub laws and customs b. Uses of pubs c. Pubs as insights into British culture d. Britain?s first pub e. The process of making beer f. Prices of drinks g. The popularity of pubs h. The layout of typical pubs i. Connections with literature j. Jokes about pubs k. People who use/have used pubs l. Paying and tipping m. the taste of British beer n. The number of pubs in Britain o. Pubs as places to relax 41. Paragraph 1:____________________ 42. Paragraph 2: ______________________ 43. Paragraph 3: _______________________ 44. Paragraph 4: ______________________ 45. Paragraph 5: _______________________ Question 4650. Look at the italicized words in the text and find out their correct meaning through the context, then choose the option closest in meaning from the lists below by writing a, b, or c on your answer sheet. 46. unshaken a. intact b. unshaven c. not attacked 47. pop a. pub b. fizzy drink c. modern music 48. frequent a. often b. frequently c. visit regularly 49. ic a. edy b. magazine that contains stories told in pictures c. entertainer who tells jokes in order to make people laugh 50. bitter a. extremely cold b. a kind of beer that is light brown in colour c. a taste that is sharp, not sweet, and often slightly unpleasant Section Test (20 points) Write a short essay on the Advantages and Disadvantages of Travelling by Air. There should be two main paragraphs, one giving your ideas about advantages and one on what you see as the disadvantages of air