—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
科目:高中英语 来源:活题巧解巧练·高二英语·下 题型:050
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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 with special costumes(服装) , they eat too much, and stay up too late celebrating.
Children go around the neighbourhood wearing make-up, and dressed masks and colorful costumes. The most common costumes are witches, ghosts, skeletons, and popular TV, movie and storybook characters. Sane 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 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 (灯笼) . Jack-o-lanterns are pumpkins that are carved to look like faces. They ace placed on doorway 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, festivals and costume parties. Some people create their costumes, other people rent them. Contests are held where the beat costume 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 the apples using only their , hands cannot be used.
1.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 can children go around the neighbourhood.
C.Because children can get money from their parents on Halloween.
D.Because children dress up with special costumes, eat a lot, and stay up late celebrating.
2.Which of the following is NOT true about the common costumes according to the passage?
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A.They are colorful.
B.Some of the costumes are homemade.
C.They are witches, skeletons, ghosts and popular TV characters, and so on.
D.All of the costumes are homemade.
3.What are the traditional Halloween colors?
[ ]
A.Red and green.
B.Orange and black.
C.Black and white.
D.Orange and brown.
4.Which of the following about Halloween 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 1'V on 31st October.
D.Apples are the favourite fruit people eat on Halloween.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2011-2012学年福建省南安一中高一上学期期中考试英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
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.sad | B.bad | C.interesting | D.boring |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届福建省高一上学期期中考试英语试题 题型:阅读理解
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?
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
2.The underlined word “roam” is close in meaning to ____.
A. come back B. place C. collect D. walk around
3.Which of the following is not true?
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.
4.According to the passage, Halloween is a(n) ____ festival.
A. sad B. bad C. interesting D. boring
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科目:高中英语 来源:20102011黑龙江大庆中学高二下学期期中英语试题 题型:阅读理解
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 |
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