题目内容
—Is Jack on duty today?
—It ________ be him. It’s his turn tomorrow.
A.mustn’t B.won’t
C.can’t D.needn’t
C
【解析】略
On Halloween Night, children go trick-treating in their neighborhoods. Dressed up as ghosts, skeleton devils, and various other characters, children knock on doors to collect their treats. Seldom do they actually perform a “trick”.
It is thought that trick-or-treating comes from an old English custom. On All Souls Day, poor people went begging and promised to say prayers in exchange for food. Apple bobbing, still a favorite Halloween game, was originally an ancient ceremony honoring the harvest time.
A jack-o’-lantern is placed on porches and windows to tell children that treats are available. The legend was that a man named Jack could enter heaven because he played tricks on the devil. As punishment, he had to wander the earth carrying a lantern waiting to be judged fit to get into heaven.
People believed that Halloween marked the connection between the world of the living and the world of the dead. This meant that ghosts would roam the earth on this night. Some believed that these ghosts would go back to the homes they lived in before they died.
Thankfully, Halloween is an amusing night when children can dress up and get a bag full of candy. We don’t have to worry about ghosts. Or do we?
【小题1】Apple bobbing was an ancient ceremony held originally to ____.
A.honor the harvest time | B.honor the dead |
C.honor the living | D.play a trick on each other |
A.come back | B.place | C.collect | D.walk around |
A. On Halloween Night, children often dress up as ghosts.
B. On Halloween Night, children often perform tricks.
C,. Trick-or-treating comes from an old English custom.
D. Children can get a lot of candy on Halloween Night.
【小题4】According to the passage, Halloween is a(n) ____ festival.
A.sad | B.bad | C.interesting | D.boring |
Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water! This is just one of the hundreds of tips you might get if you have the hiccups(打嗝). Hiccups are so mysterious. We really don’t know why they start and why they stop.
Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups. Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well. Others eat a teaspoon of sugar. Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it.
An American man named Jack O’Leary claimed to have hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years. He tried 60,000 cures, but none of them worked. Finally he prayed to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately.
It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well. He tried them all, but the hiccups continued. Finally, he drank a “secret’’mixture someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone. Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure.
1.
________might be the best cure for hiccups.
A.Special pills |
B.A spoonful of salt |
C.Cold water |
D.What you believe in |
2.
The plumber spent________in stopping his hiccups.
A.4 hours |
B.2 days |
C.8 months |
D.8 years |
3.
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.We know why the hiccups start, but we don’t know how to stop them. |
B.Saint Jude is an expert in curing the hiccups. |
C.The British plumber drank a secret mixture given by an experienced doctor and then became well. |
D.Some people think that a good scare is a cure for a case of hiccups. |
4.
What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Different ways to stop hiccups |
B.What makes hiccups happen |
C.How to get hiccups |
D.Jack O’Leary’s hiccups |