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Valentine's Day, the 14 th of February is the day of the year when friends and lovers show their affection with candy, cards and flowers. For you romantic guys and gals who 13. a) have been struck b) are striking c) strike d) have struck with Cupid`s arrow, the gift for your Valentine is usually preplanned and packaged before the month of February even arrives.

The first Valentine of all was a 14. a) a king b) a Christian priest c) a God of Love d) a surgeon who before he was put to death by the Romans, sent a note of friendship to his jailer`s blind daughter.

St. Valentine was beheaded because 15. a) he secretly married young couples b) he ran away with Emperor Claudius`s daughter c) he was always in love with someone d) he sent a note of friendship to his friend`s sister

St. Valentine wrote his lover a letter and signed it 16. a) «to my sweetheart» b) «Your Valentine» c) «Love» d) «from heart to heart»

Young men and women in the last century spent hours fashioning a home- made card and some of these cards
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a) are seen b) will be seen c) can be seen d) saw in the museums of Britain today.

Flowers are a must-have gift for Valentine’s Day, a symbol of sympathy, tenderness and love. The color of roses and their number in the bouquet have different meanings — 18. a) red roses b) scarlet roses c) purple roses d) orange roses are given to a girlfriend or a boyfriend; yellow and white — to acquaintances and relatives.

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