2016届高考英语一轮复习(外研版)考点规范训练：必修5 Module 4Carnival
<p> 考点规范练28(必修5 <span word="Module">Module</span> 4)</p><p> .阅读理解</p><p> <span word="A">A</span></p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="opinion">opinion</span>,<span word="Halloween">Halloween</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="misunderstood">misunderstood</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span>.<span word="I">I</span> <span word="am">am</span> <span word="aware">aware</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="word">word</span> “<span word="holiday">holiday</span>” <span word="implies">implies</span> <span word="holy">holy</span> <span word="day">day</span>.<span word="Unfortunately">Unfortunately</span>,<span word="most">most</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="don">don</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="fearful">fearful</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="misunderstanding">misunderstanding</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="Halloween">Halloween</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="devil">devil</span> <span word="worship">worship</span>.<span word="Halloween">Halloween</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="celebrated">celebrated</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="October">October</span> 31 <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="costume">costume</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="candy">candy</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span>,<span word="but">but</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="traditions">traditions</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="actual">actual</span> <span word="meanings">meanings</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="history">history</span>.</p><p> <span word="October">October</span> 31 <span word="was">was</span> <span word="celebrated">celebrated</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="festivals">festivals</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="marks">marks</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="harvest">harvest</span> <span word="season">season</span>.<span word="It">It</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="marks">marks</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lighter">lighter</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="darker">darker</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span>,<span word="because">because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="shorter">shorter</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dark">dark</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="longer">longer</span>.<span word="In">In</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="cultures">cultures</span>,<span word="this">this</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="meaningful">meaningful</span> <span word="event">event</span>.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span>lso it is believed that on this day,the veil between the worlds(the dead and the living) is at its thinnest point and that the spirits can most easily pass through it.It is a very special day to honor spirits.Many people in ancient times,believing that the dead would walk among us,became fearful and so designed strange costumes to fool the dead,which was where the tradition of Halloween costumes came from.Besides,because Halloween marks the beginning of the darker half of the year,many people saw that as evil and became frightened and therefore had such negative associations with this time of year.</p>
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