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The traditional Halloween you can read about in most books was just children's fun night. Halloween celebrations would start in October in every elementary school.
Children would make Halloween decorations, all kinds of orange-paper jack-o-lanterns. And from black paper you'd cut \女巫) with a pointed hat riding through the sky on a broomstick, maybe with black bats flying across the moon, and that meant bad luck. And of course black cats for more bad luck. Sometimes a black cat would ride away into the sky on the back of the witch's broom. And on Halloween night we'd dress up in Mom or Dad's old shoes and clothes, put on a mask, and be ready to go outside. The little kids had to go with their mothers, but we older ones went together to neighbors' houses, ringing their doorbell and yelling, \or treat!\\a treat (something to eat) or we'll play a trick on you!\door and give us some sweets.
8. Where did the Irish children go with the jack-o-lanterns.? A. They went to find large potatoes.
B. They went to the neighbors’ houses for food D. They went to find books for fun
C. They went to find an Irishman, Jack
9. What kind of Halloween decorations did children make? A. They made a black cat with a pointed hat. C. They cut black paper scary designs.
B. They made orange-paper evil witches. D. They made all kinds of black jack-o-lanterns.
10. From the last paragraph we can know that _____.
A. on Halloween night parents wore their old shoes and clothes.
B. children put on a mask, and were ready to go outside to play “Trick or treat!” C. all children went together to neighbors’ houses to play “Trick or Treat!” D. the parents were supposed to treat all the kids who rang the doors.
D
Feast On Turkey and Good Wishes at Thanksgiving
Four weeks ago US children dressed as monsters and asked for sweets. That was Halloween. In a few weeks American houses will be red and green and filled with presents for Christmas. As if all this isn’t enough，on Thursday this week，America will enjoy another festival—Thanksgiving.
Children will have two days off school，shops will close and houses will be filled with families enjoying mountains of food.
Every year, in Gainesville，Florida，all entire class celebrate Thanksgiving together. The class dresses up and puts on plays for their families. After the plays the families share a feast of traditional
Thanksgiving foods like turkey and pumpkin pie.
Dean Foster, an 11-year-old boy will take part in this celebration. He said：“I love Thanksgiving because it means time off school，lots of nice food and a happy family.’’
His brother Ben，nine，said：“the best thing about Thanksgiving，is that when it is finished，it is time to start Christmas.”
But behind the food and the large amount of money spent there is another message. On Thursday evening，Dean and Ben’s family will make a basket and put it on the table as they eat their evening meal. Each of them will write a 1ist of things that they are thankful for and place the paper in the basket. The family will read the pieces of paper and take time to thank God and each other for providing them with comfortable and happy lives.
Thanksgiving is a traditional festival that started in 1621，when the first pilgrims arrived in the US to start a new life. After a hard year, they had a big autumn harvest. They held a feast and invited the native American Indians along to thank God for giving them enough food.
Many countries celebrate Thanksgiving. They often fall after the fields have been harvested and the crops collected for winter.
11. On Halloween, children in the United States often dress up as _______. A. ghosts
B. players.
C. pilgrims.
D. visitors.
12.When are turkey and pumpkin pie eaten?
A. On Halloween. B. On Thursday. C. On Thanksgiving. D. On Christmas Day. 13.Thanksgiving is the time for the American people to thank God for A. looking after them. C. clothing them.
B. providing them with comfortable and happy lives? D. protecting them
14.Many children in the United States like Thanksgiving because_______.
A. they can stay with their parents at home and eat a lot of nice food? C. they can put on plays. B. they can dress up like monsters.
D. they can visit American Indians.
15.The first pilgrims settled in the United States in _______. A. 1621. 六、
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B. 1620.
C. 1622.
D. 1619.
Raising your head in August 16 and stare the stars, you will find something romance going on in the sky. Valentine'S Day in China, the seven day of the seventh lunar month, falls on August 16 this year. That is, on the Monday evening, Niu Lang and Zhi Nu would meet on a bridge of magpies across the Milky Way. Chinese grannies will remind children that they aren’t able to see any magpies on that
evening, so all the magpies have left to form a bridge in the heavens by their wing.
参考答案：
单项： ABCCC ADCDC
选词填空1. dress up 2. took place 3, in memory of 4. looking forward to 5. as though 6. kept his word 7. hold your breath 8. playing a trick on 9. have fun with 10, day and night 完成句子： 1. no harm was done 2. poet in memory of, used to be, as well as 3, admires him for, sense of 4. as if he had known 5. play tricks on 6. What fun it is 7. look forward to 8. meant him to become an engineer 9. comfortable to sit on 10. satisfied, satisfying
完形填空 DBAAB DDCBA BDCDD ABABC 阅读理解：BCDC ABB BCB ACBAA
Raising—Raise in—on stare—stare at romance—romantic seven—seventh the Monday—Monday would—will so—because by—with wing—wings