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Halloween is a strange holiday. It started several centuries ago in Europe. It began as “Hallow Evening” meaning “holy night”. At that time November 1st was called “All Saints' Day” and people honoured all the saints who did not have their own special day. People believed that October 31st was the time when all the evil spirits were supposed to be active. So people would play all sorts of pranks on each other.

Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night.Pumpkins are a symbol of Halloween, so orange has become the other traditional Halloweencolor.Making lanterns out of pumpkins is a Halloween custom.

Halloween is great fun for children.They dress up as ghosts (鬼), witches (女巫), Small children go “TrickorTreating”．They wear costumes, knock on doors, and shout, “Trick or Treat！” People almost always choose to give them candy as a treat, instead of choosing to receive a trick from the children.Adults sometimes “trick or treat” their friends, too.Usually the “treat” is a glass of wine or some small gifts.

Information Card

Halloween is a holiday which started 【1】 of years ago in Europe.

It was believed that the spirits of 【2】 people were active on the night before “All Saints' Day”．

【3】 and orange are both traditional Halloween colors.

People, especially children, have great fun playing “Trick or Treat” to 【4】 Halloween.

According to the custom, people always treat the children with candy instead of【5】 a trick from them.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】hundreds.

【2】dead

【3】Black

【4】celebrate/enjoy

【5】receiving

【解析】

本文是说明文，讲述的是万圣节的来历，几百年前起源于欧洲，早期，人们认为死人的鬼神在11月31日夜里再现，为纪念这点，人们就做起了“trick or treat”不招待就使坏的鬼节。。

【1】句意：万圣节是一个几百年前在欧洲开始的节日。考查细节理解题。根据第一段第二句It started several centuries ago in Europe. 得知万圣节开始于几个世纪前也就是几百年前起源于欧洲。hundreds of：数百年的，hundreds of years ago数百年前，意思是several centuries ago；故答案是hundreds。

【2】句意：人们相信死者的灵魂在“圣徒节”前一天会复活。考查细节理解题。根据第一段第五句People believed that all the spirits of dead people were active on the night of October 31st.（人们认为在十月一三十一日晚上，亡者的灵魂会重新复活！十月三十一日也就是万圣节的前一天晚上。）可知答案是dead。

【3】句意：黑色和橙色都是传统的万圣节色彩。考查细节理解题。根据第二段第一句Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors和第二句Pumpkins are a symbol of Halloween, so orange has become the other traditional Halloween color，得知传统的万圣节颜色是黑色和橙色。故答案是Black

【4】句意：人们，尤其是孩子，玩“不招待就捣鬼”游戏庆祝万圣节非常有趣。考查细节理解题。根据第三段第二句They dress up as ghosts (鬼), witches (女巫), Small children go “TrickorTreating”．可知人们玩“不招待就捣鬼”游戏庆祝万圣。to是动词不定式，做目的状语，可知后面填动词原形，结合句意可知答案是celebrate（庆祝）/enjoy（享受）。

【5】句意：根据习俗，人们总是用糖果对待孩子，而不是从他们那里得到恶作剧。考查细节理解题。根据第三段第四句people almost always choose to give them candies as a treat, instead of choosing to receive a trick from the children（人们几乎总是选择用他们糖果招待他们，而不是选择让孩子们做恶作剧。）instead of：而不是，代替，介词短语，后面跟名词，代词，动名词或短语做宾语，结合句意可知填receive的动名词形式receiving。