Love Makes the World Go Round 愛讓世界轉動
by Christine Newton
Love is a splendid thing. It can make us laugh and cry. Love can even move mountains. No wonder countries around the world devote an entire day every year _(1)_ this exhilarating emotion.
Love may be the universal language, but its expression varies widely from one culture to _(2)_. On Valentine's Day in Japan, girls give their sweethearts gifts of chocolate. Store-bought sweets are considered insincere and many girls will make their own. A month later, on White Valentine's Day, it is the boys' _(3)_ to give something back.
In Scotland, Valentine's Day is celebrated with a festival, attended by an equal number of unmarried men and women. The women draw men's names from a hat and pin their partner's name over their heart or on their sleeve. Scottish lovers may also _(4)_ love knots with each other, which symbolizes two lives closely connected. Britons are famous _(5)_ their love poems while Danish men write silly rhymes for their valentines, which they send unsigned. The lady who receives the card then must try to guess the sender.
Perhaps the most unusual Valentine's Day tradition _(6)_ between young lovers in tribal New Guinea as they test their compatibility at a private party called a kango. _(7)_ by the girl's mother, a couple will spend hours in her hut singing high-pitched songs, holding hands, and swaying together. When a young man finds the right girl, he asks his father or older brother to kill a pig for her parents. This gives a Valentine's Day twist to the expression "bringing home the bacon."
1. (A) honor (B) to honoring (C) in honoring (D) to honor
2. (A) another (B) other (C) the other (D) the rest
3. (A) time (B) moment (C) turn (D) point
4. (A) replace (B) purchase (C) transfer (D) exchange
5. (A) as (B) for (C) by (D) on
6. (A) holds (B) is happened (C) takes place (D) is occurred
7. (A) Supervised (B) Supervising (C) Supervise (D) Supervises
原來如此
1. ...devote an entire day every year to honoring this exhilarating emotion.
理由：
a. 本空格測試下列固定用法：
devote...to + V-ing 奉獻……做……
例： I want to devote the rest of my life to becoming a better person.
(我下半輩子想專心致力於成為一個更好的人。)
b. honor vt. 慶祝;表揚
例： We honored the fallen police officer with a rifle salute.
(我們鳴來復槍向那名殞落的警官致意。)
c. 根據上述，可知 (B) 應為正選。
2. ...but its expression varies widely from one culture to another.
理由：
a. 本空格測試下列固定用法：
one...another (...) (用於非限定的兩者)一個……另一個(……)
例： It seems that her health problems vary from one month to another.
(她的健康問題似乎每個月都不盡相同。)
b. one...the other (...) (用於限定的兩者)一個……另一個(……)
例： The microwave has two knobs. One is for setting the temperature, and the other is for setting the timer.
(這臺微波盧有兩個旋鈕。一個是用來設定溫度，另一個則用來設定時間。)
c. 根據上述，可知應選 (A)。
3. A month later, on White Valentine's Day, it is the boys' turn to give something back.
理由：
a. (A) time n. 時候
it's time to V 該是(做)……的時候了
例： It's time to get ready for the party. Please go change your clothes.
(該準備去派對了。請換衣服吧。)
(B) moment n. 時刻
(C) turn n. 輪到;輪流
it's sb's turn to V 輪到某人(做)……
例： It's your turn to clean out the litter box today.
(今天輪到你清垃圾桶。)
(D) point n. 點;重點
b. 本空格在測試 "it's sb's turn to V" 的固定用法，故選 (C)。
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