Question

On October 31, Americans celebrate Halloween.

Halloween means “holy” (hallow) “evening” (een). This is the evening before the Christian holy day of All Saints Day. On All Saints Day, Christians remember the Saints but Halloween is even older than Christianity.

Before Christianity, people 1. Europe believed that on October 31, ghosts of dead people came back. To scare the ghosts, people 2. (dress) like devils and were very noisy. They also made big fires 3. keep the ghosts away. Later, people did not believe in ghosts, 4. they kept the day of Halloween for fun.

Immigrants came from Europe to America and 5. （bring） with them the custom of Halloween. Halloween has some strange symbols. One symbol is the jack-o’-lantern in the window. 6. jack-o’-lantern is to scare the ghosts. People cut the pumpkin, throw away all of the inside, and cut a face in 7. . Then they put a candle inside of it.

Jack-o’-lantern usually looks 8. （fright）, too!

Today, in the United States, Halloween is very popular 9. the children. They wear masks and special costumes. They want to look like skeletons and ghosts.

Then they go from house to house and say “ Trick or treat!”. People give them 10. （candy）, cookies or fruit. When people give nothing, the children sometimes play tricks on them.

Answer 1

1.in

2.dressed

3.to

4.but

5.brought

6.The

7.it

8.frightened

9.With/among

10.candies

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了美國十月31日萬圣節(jié)的來源與人們慶祝的方式。最早的萬圣節(jié)人們是用來祛除鬼魂，后來人們不相信鬼魂的存在，于是萬圣節(jié)變成了娛樂的節(jié)日。在移民時期。歐洲人把萬圣節(jié)習(xí)俗帶到了美國。美國的萬圣節(jié)有很多奇怪的象征，南瓜燈就是其中一個。

1.考察地點(diǎn)與介詞的搭配。此處缺少一個介詞，表示在歐洲的人們相信十月31號，鬼魂會回來。故填in。At表示在（某時間或某時刻）而in才表示位置在…里面。

2.考察了語態(tài)時態(tài)的判斷。由前一句came back確定這一段時態(tài)為過去式。所以括號里面dress 應(yīng)該填過去式“dressed”。

3.考察了介詞的實(shí)意。人們生了很大的火，目的是為了將鬼魂趕走。此處缺少一個目的介詞。To“朝著，向”可做目的介詞。故填TO。。

4.考察介詞的實(shí)意。后來，人們不相信鬼神了，卻仍然保留了萬圣節(jié)。這里有一個轉(zhuǎn)折的意思。所以填but“但是”用來表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

5.考擦并列式謂語時態(tài)保持一致。移民者從西方移民到美國也把萬圣節(jié)的習(xí)俗帶到了美國。And前面用的謂語動詞是Came，所以and后面并列的bring應(yīng)該與came保持同一個時態(tài)。故填brought。

6.考察定冠詞“the”的用法。萬圣節(jié)有很多奇怪的象征，其中一個就是在窗戶上掛南瓜燈。南瓜燈是一個獨(dú)一無二的象征，所以要加上冠詞the。并且空白處上一句話也談到了the jack-o’-lantern。所以此處缺少一個冠詞the。The一般用在制定雙方都明白的人或物前，或者表示一類人和物，以及上文提到過的人或物。

7.考察代詞的用法。人們切開南瓜，把里面的瓜肉掏空，并且在上面畫一個臉的形狀�？芍�這里說的是在南瓜的表明刻臉。故用it代替pumpkin

8.考察ing形容詞和 ed形容詞的差別。frighting“令人恐懼的，嚇人的”一般形容物，frighted一般形容人。此處說南瓜燈看起來很恐怖。所以用frighting。

9.考察范圍介詞的用法。如今，在美國，南瓜燈在小孩子中間很受歡迎。With，among都能表示在……中間。故With，among都可以填。

10.10】考察單復(fù)數(shù)用法。在萬圣節(jié)，小朋友們把自己打扮的很嚇人，就是想去別人家中討得糖果或者惡作劇。有些人會給他們糖果或者水果。Them可知是復(fù)數(shù)，所以用candy的復(fù)數(shù)candies。

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