位置:首页 > 题库频道 > 外语类 > 军队职称英语 > 军队职称英语D级 > 军队职称英语真题汇编-DE阅读理解111

资料题:When did the tradition of sending love messages through flowers slow down( )。

发布时间:2021-02-03

A.In the 1700s

B.In the 1900s

C.In the 1880s

D.Never

参考资料

Young men often give flowers to young women when they are in love.This tradition may have come from Turkey.In the 1700s in Turkey, it was quite popular for people in love to send each other baskets full of strange thing.The baskets were delivered secretly to the person who was receiving it.Usually, an old woman who Bold flowers or fruit on the street left the basket beside the person's door.These baskets included a variety of"gifts":flower,stones,feathers,wax,and even charcoal.Each thing in the basket had a special meaning.By figuring out the secret message contained in each item, the person who received the basket began to understand little by little the true feelings of the person who sent it.This idea of sending gifts of love with secret meanings quickly spread to Germany, France, and England.However, as time passed, only sending flowers remained popular.An innocent bunch of flowers told young ladies about the feelings in the hearts of young men.Each different flower held a different meaning.For example, the flowers from an orange tree meant," You are beautiful and pure."Pink carnations meant,''My love for you is strong and great." Yellow roses, on the other hand, meant, "I saw you with someone else.Many flower dictionaries were made to help young people in love understand the meaning of the flowers they received.Not all of the dictionaries agreed, however, on the meaning of each flower, so a person had to be careful about the flowers they chose to send.By the 1880s, using flowers to send messages had fallen out of fashion, and the more direct way of sending love letters began.Today, flowers are still considered a lovely gift, but the meaning for each kind of flower has been lost.

试卷相关题目

  • 1How did people know the meaning of each kind of flower( )。

    A.A dictionary told them

    B.A person in love told them

    C.Their parents told them

    D.Their friends told them

    开始考试点击查看答案
  • 2To where did the idea of sending gifts of love spread( )。

    A.To Asia

    B.To Australia

    C.To Europe

    D.To North America

    开始考试点击查看答案
  • 3What did the items in a basket explain to the receiver( )。

    A.The lady's looks

    B.The person's door

    C.The sender’semotions

    D.The person'scountry

    开始考试点击查看答案
  • 4Lines I to 10 describe the tradition of( )。

    A.sending gift baskets

    B.sending love letters

    C.selling flowers

    D.sending dictionaries

    开始考试点击查看答案
返回顶部