Question

根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处填入单词，每空限填一词。

Halloween is a 1.(奇怪的) holiday． It started several centuries ago in Europe．

It began as “Hallow Evening” meaning “holy night”． At that time _ 2.(十一月)

1st was  called “All Saints’ Day” and people _ 3.(尊重) all the saints who did not have their own special day． People believed that all the spirits of 4.(死了的) people were active on the night of October 31st. So people would play all sorts of tricks on each other．

5.(黑色) is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably because Halloween

festivals and traditions 6.(发生) place at night. Pumpkins are a symbol of Halloween, so orange has become the other traditional Halloween color. Making _ 7.(灯笼) out of pumpkins is a Halloween custom(风俗).

Halloween is great fun for children. They dress up as ghosts（鬼），witches（女巫）.

Small children go “Trick-or-Treating”. They 8.穿) costumes, knock on doors, and shout, “Trick or Treat!” People _ 9.(几乎) always choose to give them candies as a treat, instead of choosing to receive a trick from the children. Adults sometimes “trick or treat” their friends, too. Usually the “treat” is a glass of wine or some small 10.(礼物).

Answer

1.strange

2.November

3.honored/honoured

4.dead

5.Black

6.took

7.lantens

8.wear

9.almost

10.gifts/presents

【解析】

1.1】句意：万圣节是一个奇怪的节日。 考查单词的书写。

2.2】句意：那时，十一月一日被称为“万圣日”，在那天人们纪念所有没有特定纪念日的圣人。考查单词的书写。注意月份是专有名词，要大写第一个字母。

3.3】句意：那时，十一月一日被称为“万圣日”，在那天人们纪念所有没有特定纪念日的圣人。考查单词的书写及时态。因为是那时，所以用一般过去时。尊敬，美国是honor，英国用honour，两者用法上没有区别。honored/honoured分别是它们的过去式。

4.4】句意：人们相信在10月31号晚上，所有死去的人们的灵魂都会出来活动。死了的，是形容词，所以单词应用dead。

5.5】句意：黑色是传统的万圣节颜色,这可能是因为万圣节前夜的各种传统或仪式都是在晚上举行。考查单词书写。黑色的：black。

6.6】句意：黑色是传统的万圣节颜色,这可能是因为万圣节前夜的各种传统或仪式都是在晚上举行。短语 take place 表示“发生、举行、举办”. 这里讲述的是过去，所以应用一般过去时。took为take的过去式。

7.7】句意：做南瓜灯是万圣节的风俗。灯笼用英语表示是lanten. 短语做灯笼：make lantens.

8.8】句意：他们穿着万圣节服装，敲着门，嘴里喊着：“不给糖就捣蛋。”这里“穿着”表示穿衣的状态而不是动作，因而用动词wear。而put on 表示穿的动作。

9.9】句意：人们总是选择请他们吃糖果，而不是接受孩子们的恶作剧。考查单词的书写。几乎：almost。

10.10】“招待”通常是一杯酒或一些小礼物。礼物有两种拼写：gift或者present。两者都是可数名词。因前面有some修饰，所以这里应用复数形式。

考点：单词填空