Halloween is a festival celebrated on October 31st．the name of the holiday means “hallowed” or “holy evening” because it happens the day before All Saints Day(万圣节)．
It is said that Halloween is the children’s New Year’s Eve．They dress up in special costumes(服饰)，they eat too much, and stay up too late celebrating．
Children go around the neighborhood wearing making-up, and dressed in masks and colorful costumes．The most common costumes are witches, ghosts, skeletons, and popular TV, movies and storybook characters．Some costumes are homemade; others are bought in stores．The children go door to door saying ”trick or treat”．People give them candy, cookies, fruit, or money．Sometimes money is collected to help UNICEF(United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund)．
Homes, stores, and classrooms are decorated in the traditional Halloween colors－orange and black．Usual decorations are witches, black cats, ghosts, skeletons and jack-o’-lanterns．
Jack-o’-lanterns are pumpkins that are carved to look like faces．They are placed on door-way entrances and in windows．Horror movies and ghost stories are shown on TV on this day．
Adults and older children also celebrate Halloween with parades(游行), festivals and costumes; other people create their costumes; other people rent(租借)them．Contests are held and the best costume will receives a prize．One of the party events popular with children is dunking(浸泡)for apples．Apples are put in tubs filled with water．People try to get apples using only their mouths; hands cannot be used．
(1)
What does the word “holy” mean in the first paragraph?
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A．
Associated(和…有联系)with God or with religion
B．
No solid, with a hole or empty space inside
C．
Dark and green
D．
With a hole in
(2)
Why is it said that Halloween is the children’s New Year’s Eve?
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A．
Because Halloween comes the day before All Saints Day
B．
Because only on that day children can go around the neighborhood
C．
Because children can get money from their parents on Halloween
D．
Because children dress up with costumes, eat a lot, and stay up celebrating
(3)
Which is NOT true about the common costumes according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
They are colorful．
B．
They are witches, ghosts, skeletons, and popular TV characters, etc
C．
Some of the costumes are homemade．
D．
All of the costumes are bought in stores．
(4)
Which of the following is WRONG?
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A．
Jack-o’-lanterns are pumpkins that are carved to look like faces
B．
Adults also celebrate Halloween together with children
C．
Horror movies are shown on TV on 31st October
D．
Apples are the favorite fruit people eat on Halloween
JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms．Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen．
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco．Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St．, from 8a．m．to 8p.m. Tel：682－1158．
SATURDAY, November 13
JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes．Admission 60p．
MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company．Good food and entertainment fair price．Tel：789－6749．
FAMILY night out?Join the sing-along at The Black Horse．Sheen Road, Richmond．
JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes．Admission 80p．
THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion．Tel：789－4536
SUNDAY, November 14
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m．
FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms．The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio．Non-remembers 70p．Tel：688－4626．
HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen．
THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion．
(1)
Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?
[ ]
A．
At the Bull’s Head on Sunday．
B．
At the Derby Arms on Sunday．
C．
At the Bull on Saturday．
D．
At the Black Horse on Saturday．
(2)
Where and when can you hear the Mike Thomas Jazz Band?
[ ]
A．
At the Derby Arms on Friday．
B．
At the Black Horse on Friday．
C．
At the Star and Garter on Saturday．
D．
At the Derby Arms on Sunday．
(3)
You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday．Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it starts?
[ ]
A．
789－6749．
B．
789－4536．
C．
682－1158．
D．
688－4626．
(4)
You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family．Where should you go?
[ ]
A．
Disco at The Lord Napier．
B．
The sing-along at The Black Horse．
C．
The electric accordion at The Derby Arms．
D．
Jazz at The Bull’s Head．
(5)
You want to spend the same day at two different places and don’t want to cross any street．Which of the following is your best choice?
[ ]
A．
The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bull’s Head．
B．
The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms．
C．
Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull．
D．
Musical Hal lat The Star ＆Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier．
阅读理解
Few tsws are so effective that you can see fesults just days after they take effect．But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled－to＄1.1 per pack－smokers have jammed telephone”puit lines”aeross the country seeking to kick the habit．
This is not a surprise to public health advocates．They’ve studied the offoct of state tax increases for years, finding that smokers, especially teong, are price sensitive, Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercdly fights every tax inortse．
The only wonder is thst so many states insist on closing their ears to the message．Tobacco taxes omprove public health, health, they raise money and most particularly, they deter people from taking up the habit as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted．Yet the rate of taxation varies widely．
In Manhattan, for instance．Which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cos???at one drugstore Wednesdav．Charleston, S．C．where the bent-n-pack tax is the lowest in the nation．The price was＄4.78．
The influence is obvious．
In New York, hogh school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys－13.8％, far below the mational average．By comparison, 26％ of high school students smlke in Kentucky, Other low-tax states have somolarly depressing teen-smoking records．
Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans”who choose to smoke．”
That’s true, But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked in the first place, As for today’s adults, if the new tax drves them to quit, tyey will have more to spend on their famliles, cut their risk of camcer and heart disease and feel better．
(1)
The text is mainly about ________．
[ ]
A．
the price of cigarettes
B．
tie rate of teen smoking
C．
the effect of tobacco tax increase
D．
the differenees in tobacco tax rate
(2)
What does the author think is a surprise?
[ ]
A．
Teen smokers are price sensitive．
B．
Some atates still keep the tobacco tax low．
C．
Tobacco taxes improve public health．
D．
Tobacco industry fiercely fights the tax rise．
(3)
The underlined word "deter"in Paragraph 3 most probably means ________．
[ ]
A．
discording
B．
remove
C．
benefit
D．
free
(4)
Rogers’attitude towards the low-income smokers might be that of ________．
[ ]
A．
tolerance
B．
unconcern
C．
doubt
D．
sympathy
(5)
What can we learn from the last paragraph?
[ ]
A．
The new tax will be beneficial in the long run．
B．
Low-income Amerians are more likely to fall ill．
C．
Future generations will be hooked on smoking．
D．
Adults will depend more on their families．
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TODAY, Friday, November 12
JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms．Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen．
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco．Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St．, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m．Tel：682-1158．
SATURDAY, November 13
JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes．Admission 60p．
MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company．Good food and entertainment fair price．Tel：789-6749．
FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse．Sheen Road, Richmond．
JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes．Admission 80p．
THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手风琴)．Tel：789-4536
SUNDAY, November 14
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m．
FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms．The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio．Non-members 70p．Tel：688-4626．
HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen．
THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion．
(1)
Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?
[ ]
A．
At the Bull’s Head on Sunday．
B．
At the Bull on Saturday．
C．
At the Derby Arms on Sunday．
D．
At the Black Horse on Saturday．
(2)
You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday．Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it starts?
[ ]
A．
688-4626．
B．
682-1158．
C．
789-4536．
D．
789-6749．
(3)
You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family．Where should you go?
[ ]
A．
The sing-along at The Black Horse．
B．
Disco at The Lord Napier．
C．
The electric accordion at The Derby Arms．
D．
Jazz at The Bull’s Head．
(4)
You want to spend the same day at two different places and don’t want to cross any street．Which of the following is your best choice?
[ ]
A．
The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bull’s Head．
B．
The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms．
C．
Musical Hal lat The Star & Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier．
D．
Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull．
