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is a month of strong winds,rain,and storms.There is frequent thunder and lightning in March.
4.The exact origin of the word April is not known.The word probably comes from the Latin word
aperire,meaning \open\Italian word for \open\is aprire and the Spanish word is abrir.In
the month of April,the skies open and give us rain.The rain aids in the opening of life among trees,grass,and
flowers.
5.May was named after the young and beautiful goddess of the fields,Maia.Maia was the mother of the
god Mercury.Another beautiful goddess,Juno,the wife of Jupiter,give us the name of the month of June.
6.The seventh month of the year,July,was named after Julius Caesar.Caesar was a famous general who
became dictator of Rome.Before the time of Caesar,the year began in March instead of in January.Caesar
made a new calendar,which is the one we use at present.He himself was born in July,the seventh month of
the new calendar.
7.After Julius Caesar,his grandnephew Augustus became the ruler of Rome.Augustus' real name was
Octavian,but when he became emperor,the people wished to please him.They gave him the title of
9 Augustus,meaning \
8.The months of September,October,November,and December need little explanation.In our calendar
today,they are the ninth,tenth,eleventh,and twelfth months.But in the old calendar before Julius Caesar,they
were the seventh,eighth,ninth,and tenth months.Their names therefore came from the Latin words for
seventh,eighth,ninth,and tenth.
1.在英语里一年中每个月份的名字来源于拉丁语。JANUARY(一月)、MARCH(三月)、MAY(五月)和JUNE(六月)都是
用罗马神的名字来命名的。JANUARY(一月)得名于神宙斯。宙斯是个奇特的神他有两张脸能看两个方向。他能同时看
到前面和后面所以他是开始和结束的神。JANUARY(一月)一年的第一个月是向前展望新年的时刻也是向后回
顾旧年的时刻。
2.FEBRUARY(二月)的名字来源于一个罗马庆典的日子FEBRUA。该日庆祝清洁。接近二月底在漫长的冬季月份
之后人们开始考虑春天的清洁。大概是FEBRUARY(二月)这个名字的起源吧。除了每四年一次的额外多的一天二月
仅仅有二十八天。这是因为每一年实际上有365天6小时。在四年的年底把每年额外的6小时累加恰好是24小时或
者说是完整的一天。这个二月有29天的第四年被称为闰年。
3.MARCH(三月)一年中的第三个月得名于罗马战神玛斯MARS玛斯是一位强壮的神罗马人把它与雷鸣电
闪联系在一起。玛斯的像头部总是被画上闪电。三月以这个神命名是很自然的因为北美洲的许多地方三月是强风、
大雨和暴风雪的季节。在三月经常有雷鸣和闪电发生。
4.APRIL(四月)这个词的确切来源并不为人所知。这个词也许来源于拉丁语的APERIRE意思是“打开”。今天意大
利语中的“打开”是APRIRE西班牙语则是ABRIR。在APRIL(四月)天空似乎打开并赐给我们雨水雨水给树木、草、
花朵带来生机。
5.MAY(五月)得名于年轻美丽的原野女神玛雅MAIA。玛雅是神麦克瑞MERCURY的母亲。另外一个美丽的女神
朱诺JUNO是丘比特的妻子她给了我们JUNE(六月)的名字。
6.一年中的第七个月JULY(七月)得名于以朱利斯·凯撒JULIUS CAESAR。凯撒是一个著名的将军后来成
为罗马帝国的独裁者。在凯撒帝国之前每年开始于三月而不是一月。凯撒创造了一部新历法也就是我们现在使用
的这部历法。凯撒自己也出生于JULY(七月)即新历法的第七个月。
7.在凯撒之后他的外孙奥古斯塔斯AUGUSTUS成为罗马的统治者。奥古斯塔斯的真名叫屋大维。但是当他成
为君主后人们为取悦他给了他奥古斯塔斯的头衔意思是“贵族”。在他之后人们称一年的第八个月为AUGUST(八
月)。
8.SEPTEMBER(九月)、OCTOBER(十月)、NOVEMBER(十一月)、和DECEMBER(十二月)需要一些小小的解释。它们在我
们今天的日历里是一年的第九、第十、第十一和第十二个月但是在凯撒以前的古历法中它们是一年的第七、第八、
第九、和第十个月。因此它们名字源自拉丁文的第七SEPTEMBER第八OCTOBER第九NOVEMBER和第十
DECEMBER。
10 1、What do people often do in the first month of the year?
A、They expect for the new year.
B、They do the first cleaning.
C、They think back the past year.
D、Both A and C.
2、The second month of a year is named February probably because
A、the god Februa has two faces.
B、it is named after a Roman god who does spring cleaning
C、it is time to consider spring cleaning
D、\
3、Regarding the origin of the name of the second month of a year, the author is
A、not very sure
B、completely ignorant
C、very certain
D、suspicious
4、According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A、It is frequently rainy and stormy in March in most of North America.
B、Every year there are exactly 365 days and twenty-four hours.
C、People all over the world celebrate cleaning in February.
D、God Mars often appear in pictures with snow, lightning and thunder.
5、Which of the following statements might be the topic sentence of this passage?
A、The months are all named after Roman gods.
B、The English names of the months of the year are from Latin.
C、In every year there are exactly 365 days and six hours.
D、The name February comes from a Roman celebration.
阅读理解5
Rote-learning (死记硬背), spoon-fed education, produces a brand of kids that don't know what to do
when entering university. They are disciplined into following, not leading. Yet the future depends on
creativity and imagination. The world needs creators, makers and shakers of the new centuries, not the
followers of the past centuries. As the numbers increase at college and university level, more students