[单项选择]Although the wind has ______ , the rain remains steady, so you still need a raincoat.
A. turned up
B. gone back
C. died down
D. blown out

[单项选择]Although the wind has ______ , the rain remains steady, so you still need a raincoat.


A. turned up
B. gone back
C. died down
D. blown out

[单项选择]Wind and rain continually hit against the surface of the Earth, ______ large rocks into smaller and smaller particle.
A. to break
B. would break
C. breaking
D. broken

[单项选择]Wind and rain ______ in through several tears in the plastic roof.


A. leaked
B. cracked
C. split
D. output

[单项选择]—There has been no rain for months. Will it rain soon
—（　）. The crops are in great need of water.
A. Of course
B. I hope so
C. I think so
D. I'm afraid not

[单项选择]I thought it was going to rain but it has （） fine.
A. turned out
B. come out
C. brought out
D. put up with

[单项选择]The wind died ____ and it began to rain.
A. off
B. out
C. up
D. away

[单项选择]______ to the sun, rain and wind for a long time, the stone split.
A. Expose
B. Exposed
C. Exposing
D. To expose

[单项选择]Acid rain


A. immediately kills trees and affects aquatic life in lakes and rivers.
B. deposits various metals iron, mercury, aluminum into the soil.
C. kills forests by weakening them and reduces fish populations.
D. releases sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and into the atmospher

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St. Valentine’s Day, has roots in several different legends. One of the earliest popular symbols of the day is Cupid, the Roman god of love, who has the image of a young boy with bow and arrow.
Three hundred years after the death of Jesus Christ, the Roman emperors still demanded that everyone believe in the Roman gods. Valentine, a Christian priest, had been thrown in prison for his teachings. He supposedly cured the jailer’s daughter of her blindness. The night before he was executed on February 14, he wrote the jailer’s daughter a farewell letter, signing it "From Your Valentine".
Another Valentine was an Italian bishop (主教) who lived at about the same time, AD 200. He was imprisoned because he secretly married couples, contrary to the laws of the Roman emperor. Some legends say he was burned to death.
February 14 was also a Roman holiday, held in honor of a goddess. The custom of choosing a sweetheart on this date sp
A. It introduces the origins of St. Valentine's Day and the holiday in the past.
B. It tells us various kinds of legends about people who have the same name of St. Valentine.
C. It mainly explains how the name of St. Valentine's Day comes.
D. It helps people know the roots of St. Valentine's Day and its development and habits nowadays.