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【题目】根据短文内容，选择正确答案。 Halloween is a festival on October 31st.The name of the holiday means —"hallowed" because it comes the day before All Saints Day.
Before the festival, people paint homes, shops and classrooms in the traditional Halloween colours, orange and black. Some people make costumes at home. Some people buy them in shops. People also make decorations for the festival. These decorations look like witches, black cats, ghosts, skeletons and jack-o-lanterns. Jack-o- lanterns are pumpkins that are cut to look like faces.
People think that Halloween is the children's New Year's Eve. On that day children dress up in special costumes and masks. They eat too much, and go to bed very late after celebrating. They go from one door to another saying "trick or treat". People give them candies, cookies, fruit or money.
Adults and older children also celebrate Halloween with parades (游行）, festivals and costumes parties. One kind of the parties welcomed by children is dunking for apples. Apples are put in tubs (木桶）full of water. People try to get the apples using only their mouths; they cannot use their hands.
（1）When is Halloween?
A.It's on the day before All Saints Day.
B.It's on the children's New Year's Eve.
C.It's on October 30th.
D.It's before Children's Day.
（2）Why do the people think that Halloween is the children's New Year's Eve?
A.Because Halloween comes the day before All Saints Day.
B.Because on that day children can go to others' homes.
C.Because on that day children can get money from their parents at Halloween.
D.Because on that day children dress up in special costumes eat a lot and go to bed very late after celebrating.
（3）Which is NOT right about common (普通）costumes according to the passage?
A.They are colorful.
B.They are witches, ghosts, skeletons, and popular TV characters, and so on.
C.Some of the costumes are made at home.
D.All of the costumes are bought in shops.
（4）What are the traditional Halloween colours?
A.Red and green.
B.Orange and black.
C.Black and white.
D.Orange and brown.
（5）Which of the following statement is NOT right?
A.Jack-o-lanterns are pumpkins that are cut to look like faces.
B.Adults also celebrate Halloween together with children.
C.Adults give the children candies, cookies, fruit or money as a treat.
D.People can get the apples using their hands.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）A
（2）D
（3）D
（4）B
（5）D
【解析】本文介绍了万圣节的风俗，人们经常穿上盛装，戴上面具，还进行游行庆祝等。
（1）细节理解。根据Halloween is a festival on October 31st. The name of the holiday means —"hallowed" because it comes the day before All Saints Day. 是在所有的圣徒节之前的一天，所以答案是A。
（2）细节理解。根据On that day children dress up in special costumes and masks. They eat too much, and go to bed very late after celebrating.因为孩子们穿上特殊的服装，戴上面具，他们也吃的很多，那天睡的也很晚，所以答案是D。
（3）细节理解。根据Some people make costumes at home.可知，一些人的服装是在自己家里做的，不是买的，所以答案是D。
（4）细节理解。根据in the traditional Halloween colours, orange and black.传统的万圣节的颜色是橙色和黑色，所以答案是B。
（5）细节理解。根据People try to get the apples using only their mouths; they cannot use their hands.人们得到苹果用嘴不能用手，所以答案是D。