2019年中考英語備考名師精品資料――閱讀理解

3. in his last point the writer advised us ____________.
a. to kill two birds with one stone  
b. to learn two languages at a time
c. to study all the subjects in a foreign language      
d. to get some knowledge of the foreign country whose language you are studying
4. in the fourth paragraph the writer gave some advice on ___________.
a. how to read faster 
b. how to guess the meaning from the context
c. how to look up new words in the dictionary
d. how to grasp the general meaning of a passage
5. “to kill two birds with one stone” means ___________.
a. to get some particular knowledge b. to get more than what one pays
c. the stone is too big d. the birds are blind enough

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 february 14th, valentine’s day, is a complicated but interesting occasion. first of all, valentine’s day is not a holiday from work. no one gets a day off. in many countries it is observed by sending cards to your friends and candy or flowers to your husband or wife if you’re married, or to your boy friend or girl friend if you’re not married. in japan, some girls even give their fathers chocolates.
 why is this holiday for people in love called valentine’s day?
 one explanation comes from a christian man whose name was something like“valentine”. he lived at a time when the roman emperor refused to allow any roman soldiers to get married for any reason. many couples came to valentine to be married. so he would secretly marry them in a christian ceremony. he was discovered and put in prison by the emperor. one tradition says that he wrote notes to his friends by marking on leaves and then throwing them out of the window of his prison. the leaves were shaped like a heart. valentine was killed on february 14th and valentine’s day recalls his tragic death.
 on valentine’s day, american elementary school children make or buy valentine cards, write the name of a classmate on them, and take them to school and put them in a special valentine’s day box. and then on that day the box is opened, the cards are taken out and given out.
1. which of the following is true about valentine’s day?
a. it is observed by sending flowers to one’s husband or wife.
b. children in japan give their fathers chocolates.
c. it is a legal holiday in many countries.
d. people send candy to each other.
2. the man called valentine was put in prison because ________.
a. he secretly got married in a christian ceremony
b. he helped people get married when love was not allowed