单选题
Which of the following statements is NOT true about St. Valentine's Day?
A．It originated from a legend.
B．It was named after a priest.
C．It was first to commemorate death of one's beloved.
D．It used to have a seamy side.
本题的出题点在因果关系处(for)。由第二段可知，情人节来自于一个传说。罗马皇帝Claudius二世需要士兵为罗马帝国而战，而他认为婚姻会使人不愿投入战斗，因此规定订婚和婚姻都是非法的。由此可以排除A；Valentine是一个牧师，他秘密地为很多年轻人举行婚礼，因此于2月14日被捕并被杀害。情人节就是他被杀害的日子，并以他的名字命名。由此可以排除B；由上述分析也可得知情人节最初是为了纪念牧师Valentine之死，并非为了纪念死去的爱人，故C为正确答案。从情人节的来历也可以看出它过
去确实有着丑恶的一面，即爱情和婚姻在罗马皇帝Claudius二世统治时期是违法的，爱情和婚姻也因而与秘密、犯罪和死亡关联，故排除D。
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2
The passage may be __________
A．a foreword to a website column
B．an advertisement for a series of books
C．a discussion of the origin of St. Valentine's Day
D．a review of some mysteries
3 Students of United States history, seeking to identify, the circumstances that encouraged the emergence of feminist movements, have thoroughly investigated the mid-nineteenth-century American economic and social conditions that affected the status of women. These historians, however, have analyzed less fully the development of specifically feminist ideas and activities during the same period. Furthermore, the ideological origins off eminism in the United States have been obscured became, even when historians did take into account those feminist ideas and activities occurring within the United States, they failed to recognize that feminism was then a
Iruly international movement actually centered in Europe. American feminist activists who have been described as"solitary" and "individual theorists" Were in reality connected to a movement--utopian socialism--which wasalready popularizing feminist ideas in Europe during the two decades that culminated in the first women's rightsconference held at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. Thus, a complete understanding of the origins anddevelopment of nineteenth-century feminism in the United States requires that the geographical focus be widenedto include Europe and that the detailed study already made of social conditions be expanded to include theideological development of feminism.
The earliest and most popular of the utopian socialists were the Saint-Simonians. The specifically feminist partof Saint-Simonianism has, however, been less studied than the group's contribution to early socialism. This isregrettable on two counts. By 1832 feminism was the central concern of Salnt-Simonianism and entirely absorbedits adherents' energy. Hence, by ignoring its feminism, European historians have misunderstood Saint-Simonianism, Moreover, since many feminist ideas can be traced to Saint-Simonianism, European historians'appreciation of later feminism in France and the United States remained limited.
Salnt-Simun's followers, many of whom were women, based their feminism on an interpretation of his projectto reorganize the globe by replacing brute force with the rule of spiritual powers. The new world order would beruled together by a male, to represent reflection, and a female, to represent sentiment. This complementarity reflectsthe fact that, while the Saint-Simonians did not reject the belief that there were innate differences between men andwomen, they nevertheless foresaw an equally important social and political role for both sexes in their Utopia.
Only a few Saint-Simonians opposed a definition of sexual equality based on gender distinction. This minoritybelieved that individuals of both sexes were born similar in capacity and character, and they ascribed male-femaledifferences to socialization and education. The envisioned result of both currents of thought, however, was thatwomen would enter public life in the new age and that sexual equality would reward men as well as women with animproved way of life.
根据以上内容，回答题。
It can be inferred fi'om the passage that the Seneca Falls conference__________
A．aimed at simulating feminist movements in America
B．was the culminating achievement of the Utop.ian socialist movement
C．discussed the ideological development of feminism
D．focused on women's rights in America
