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四、閱讀測驗第一篇：Every year on October 31, millions of people around the world celebrate Halloween. In North America,children dress up in costumes to play pranks and ask their neighbors for candy – a tradition known as“trick-or-treating.” People in Mexico, Italy, and other countries visit the graves of family members and often sayprayers or leave flowers on gravestones.Most historians think that Halloween started in Europe about 2,000 years ago. The Celts, who lived in andaround Ireland, celebrated “Samhain” every year, which means ‘the end of summer.’ The Celts believed that thedead came back to life on the last night of October, so they would light bonfires and wear costumes to protectthemselves. They also offered gifts of food to the dead and the poor.On Samhain, young Celtic women would secretly mark apples before dropping them into a tub of water. Menwould then grab the apples with their mouths to find out whom they would marry. This game, known as “bobbingfor apples,” is still played at Halloween parties in many countries. However, it’s no longer used for matchmaking.By the ninth century, Christianity had reached the Celts. The Catholic church already celebrated dead saintson “All Saints' Day” – also known as “All Hallows’ Day” – on November 1st. Therefore, they combined Samhainwith that holiday, calling it “All Hallows' Eve.” The name was eventually shortened to “Halloween.”Soon, people in Ireland and the UK started their own Halloween traditions. The most common was“mumming and souling.” Poor families would visit their wealthier neighbors wearing costumes (“mumming”) toentertain them, or offering to pray for their dead relatives (“souling”), in exchange for treats.Another tradition involved carving scary faces into vegetables and placing them in windows or doors to scareaway evil spirits. The Irish brought this practice to the US, where it’s still very popular. Most Americans don’tbelieve in evil spirits, but according to the US Department of Agriculture, about 148 million of them will carve apumpkin this Halloween.
【題組】41. Which title best suits this passage?
(A)The history of the Celts.
(B) The history of Halloween.
(C) The origin of Jack-O-Lantern.
(D)The origin of Trick-or-Treating.
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答案：B
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統計：A(1),B(5),C(0),D(0),E(0)
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