Reading: MATCHING HEADINGS QUESTIONS
تمرین
کدام هدینگ مناسب پاراگراف زیر میباشد؟A. The problems with the Julian calendar B. The calendar in Eastern Europe C. Early adoption of the Gregorian calendar D. The problems with the early Roman calendar E. Why some countries were late to change their calendars F. Priests and the calendar G. How the Julian calendar works H. The problem with the solar year I. Current rules for leap years J. The development of the Gregorian calendar K. The length of a year
Julius Caesar decided that the calendar should be based on the solar year,following a special year of 445 days in 46 BC that readjusted the months to their proper seasons. From 45 BC onwards, the months were given the current lengths of 30 or 31 days, retaining 28 for February but adding the 29th February every four years to account for the accumulated extra quarter days. The names of the months used by the Romans remain in English today, either with a slight adjustment to spelling (e.g., they called it Apri/is, we call it April) or in the exact same form (e.g., they also called September, October, November and December by those very names)