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Halloween
Halloween is an autumn holiday thatAmericans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening", and it comes every October 31, the evening beforeAll-SaintsDay. It used to be thought the most wonderful night of the year. It was the night when witches and evil spirits came back on earth. People kept up many strange old customs in an effort to keep these evil things away. Farmers used to light big fires in their fields, and the farm workers and their families would walk around the fields singing old songs. Sometimes they would stop to hear the local priest offer prayers to the good spirits, and ask them to help keep the evil ones away.
Great care was taken that none of the farm animals were left in the fields. They would all be locked up safely in their stables, and over each of the stable doors a few rowan leaves would be hung. Witches and evil spirits would not go anywhere near the rowan tree.
In more recent times, Halloween has become a time for the parties, when children dress up as witches and play all kinds of special games.After the games there is often a big supper with plenty of pumpkin pie, cakes and a lot of other delicious things to eat.
But for the most part the children enjoy the fun of dressing up and playing their favorite game of "Trick or Treat". They run down each street knocking on the doors crying loudly "Trick or Treat! Money or eat!", and most people have some sweets or money ready to give them. Those that do not can expect maybe to have a tyre flattened, or their windows covered in soap. Or the children may just knock on the door and run away.
Some children think of other people on Halloween. They carry boxes for UNICEF (The United Nations InternationalChildren’sEmergency Fund). They ask for money to help poor children all around the worlD、Of course, every time they help UNICEF, they usually receive a treat for themselves, too.
Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put lights inside. It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o’-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".But in this modern age many of the pumpkins are being replaced with plastic electric ones that can be brought out each year.
Why did Halloween use to be thought the most wonderful night of the year
A、Because people thought at that night witches and evil spirits came back on earth.
B、Because it was the time for parties.
C、Because it was an autumn holiday thatAmericans celebrated every year.
D、Because farmers were allowed to light big fires and sing songs at that night.
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
[解析] 第1段第4句实际是第3句的原因。以前人们把万圣节前夜看成是最好的一夜。在这个夜晚女巫和魔鬼精灵都重返地球。人们保留很多奇异的习俗将这些邪恶的东西赶走。因此选A。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
Halloween is an autumn holiday thatAmericans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening", and it comes every October 31, the evening beforeAll-SaintsDay. It used to be thought the most wonderful night of the year. It was the night when witches and evil spirits came back on earth. People kept up many strange old customs in an effort to keep these evil things away. Farmers used to light big fires in their fields, and the farm workers and their families would walk around the fields singing old songs. Sometimes they would stop to hear the local priest offer prayers to the good spirits, and ask them to help keep the evil ones away.
Great care was taken that none of the farm animals were left in the fields. They would all be locked up safely in their stables, and over each of the stable doors a few rowan leaves would be hung. Witches and evil spirits would not go anywhere near the rowan tree.
In more recent times, Halloween has become a time for the parties, when children dress up as witches and play all kinds of special games.After the games there is often a big supper with plenty of pumpkin pie, cakes and a lot of other delicious things to eat.
But for the most part the children enjoy the fun of dressing up and playing their favorite game of "Trick or Treat". They run down each street knocking on the doors crying loudly "Trick or Treat! Money or eat!", and most people have some sweets or money ready to give them. Those that do not can expect maybe to have a tyre flattened, or their windows covered in soap. Or the children may just knock on the door and run away.
Some children think of other people on Halloween. They carry boxes for UNICEF (The United Nations InternationalChildren’sEmergency Fund). They ask for money to help poor children all around the worlD、Of course, every time they help UNICEF, they usually receive a treat for themselves, too.
Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put lights inside. It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o’-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".But in this modern age many of the pumpkins are being replaced with plastic electric ones that can be brought out each year.
Why did Halloween use to be thought the most wonderful night of the year
A、Because people thought at that night witches and evil spirits came back on earth.
B、Because it was the time for parties.
C、Because it was an autumn holiday thatAmericans celebrated every year.
D、Because farmers were allowed to light big fires and sing songs at that night.
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
[解析] 第1段第4句实际是第3句的原因。以前人们把万圣节前夜看成是最好的一夜。在这个夜晚女巫和魔鬼精灵都重返地球。人们保留很多奇异的习俗将这些邪恶的东西赶走。因此选A。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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