Easter is a happy time in western countries like the UK and the USA. After Christmas, it is the most fun holiday. It   1   as an important religious （宗教的） festival, but for the non-religious it is   2   a special time. It is an official holiday,   3   most people visit their families or friends during Easter.

The most important Easter tradition is   4   each other Easter eggs, because eggs are the symbol of new life. Traditionally people   5   paint chicken eggs, but today they give each other chocolate eggs.

A fun game during the festival is the Easter   6  hunt （搜寻）. Parents hide chocolate eggs in the   7  , and the children go out to hunt for them. What they find, they can eat! It’s quite normal for children to feel   8   after Easter weekend as a result of eating too   9   chocolate.

The date of Easter follows the cycle of moon. It is always sometime   10   late March and late April. This year Easter was on April 12th.

1. A. begin                        B. begins                     C. began                     D. begun

2. A. too                           B. also                        C. either                      D. as well

3. A. so                            B. or                           C. but                         D. however

4. A. cooking                    B. showing                  C. lending                    D. giving

5. A. got used to               B. was used                 C. used to                   D. was used to

6. A. egg                          B. candy                     C. chicken                   D. apple

7. A. drawer                     B. garden                    C. kitchen                   D. bedroom

8. A. ugly                         B. angry                      C. sick                        D. hungry

9. A. few                          B. many                      C. little                        D. much

10. A. after              B. between                  C. among            D. from

选择正确答案，完成对话.

A： Have you 　1 　been to Africa?

B： Yes, I visited one or two African countries 　2 　.

A： Did you go there 　3 　holiday?

B： No, we went with a group of European teachers. We wanted 　4 　the schools there. We 　5 　in some of the big towns and then we visited little schools 　6 　villages.

A： What was 　7 　interesting thing about your visit?

B： Well, in some schools the children 　8 　many books, but they could often 　9 　English very well.

A： And were the pupils happy at schools?

B： Yes, I think 　10 　.