I、语言知识及运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完型填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Valentine’s Day is a popular festival of love and romance. There are 1 legends associated with the festival along with the belief that birds began to mate from this day. Historians trace (追踪)its 2 to an ancient Roman festival. It is said that in ancient Rome, people 3 a holiday on February 14th to honor Juno—the Queen of Roman Gods and Goddesses. On the following day, February 15th，the festival of Lupercalia was celebrated to honor the Roman God of Agriculture.
An interesting 4 was followed on the festival of Lupercalia to bring together young boys and girls who otherwise were strictly 5 . On the eve of the festival, names of young Roman girls were written on a slip of paper and placed into jars. Each young man 6 a girl's name from the jar and was paired with the girl during the festival. Sometimes the 7 lasted for a year until next year's celebration. Quite often，the couple would fall in love with each other and 8 marry. The custom lasted for a long time until people felt that it was un-Christian and that mates should be chosen by sight, not 9 .
