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【单选题】St. Patrick’sDay is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. Legend has it that this patron saint had given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from IrelanD、He also used the three-leafed shamrock to represent the Trinity-how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity-and converted the pagans toChristianity. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for hundreds of years. People wear green in memory of theEmerald Isle and wear shamrocks.
The first St. Patrick’sDay parade, however, took place not in Ireland, but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in theEnglish military marched through New YorkCity on March 17, 1762.Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers, as well as fellow Irishmen serving in theEnglish army, to reconnect with their Irish roots.
Over the next thirty-five years, Irish patriotism amongAmerican immigrants flourished, prompting the rise of so-called "IrishAid" societies, like the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society.Each group would hold annual parades featuring bagpipes (which actually first became popular in the Scottish andEnglish armies) and drums.
Up until the mid-nineteenth century, most Irish immigrants inAmerica were members of the Protestant middle class. When the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland in 1545, close to a million poor, uneducated,Catholic Irish began to pour intoAmerica to escape starvation. Despised for their religious beliefs and funny accents by theAmerican Protestant majority, the immigrants had trouble finding even menial jobs. When IrishAmericans in the country’s cities took to the streets on St. Patrick’sDay to celebrate their heritage, newspapers portrayed them in cartoons as drunk, violent monkeys.
However, the Irish soon began to realize that their great numbers endowed them with a political power that had yet to be exploiteD、They started to organize, and their voting block, known as the "green machine," became an important swing vote for political hopefuls. Suddenly, annual St. Patrick’sDay parades became a show of strength for IrishAmericans, as well as a must-attend event for a slew of political candidates. In 1948, President Truman attended New YorkCity’s St. Patrick’sDay parade, a proud moment for the many Irish whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial prejudice to find acceptance inAmericA、
"TheEmerald Isle" probably refers to ______.A．Ireland
B．England
C．Scotland
D．New YorkCity

网考网参考答案：A
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[解析] 根据第一段的内容“The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for hundreds of years．People wear green in memory of the Emerald Isle and wear shamrocks．”可知，事件发生在爱尔兰，此处的绿宝石岛就是指爱尔兰。所以A项符合题意。B项“英格兰”，C项“苏格兰”，D项“纽约”，“人们身着绿色以纪念绿宝石岛和并佩戴三叶草”这个事件发生在爱尔兰，所以这三个选项都不符合题意。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>