[单项选择]Before there was a Saint Valentine to bring romance into the equation, mid-February was an important date for (1) . From 400 years B.C., the Romans held an annual lottery in the (2) of their god Lupercus. The names of teenage women were put into a box and drawn at (3) by adolescent men. The "winners" were (4) paired for a year.
Meanwhile, the mad emperor Claudius banned (5) for young men—he believed that single men made better soldiers.
A Christian bishop, Valentine, (6) with his Emperor and secretly performed marriage ceremonies until Claudius (7) out and first imprisoned him, and finally had him clubbed, stoned and beheaded on February 24th, 270.
While he was imprisoned, Valentine fell in (8) with the daughter of his jailer and when he was taken to be executed, he left her a (9) signed, "From your Valentine. "
Taking Valentine’s name in vain, the Church, in
A. meaningful
B. respectful
C. powerful
D. useful