首页
登录
职称英语
Halloween used to be something quite different from the celebration of sugar
Halloween used to be something quite different from the celebration of sugar
游客
2024-05-07
13
管理
问题
Halloween used to be something quite different from the celebration of sugary greed that goes on today.
Earlier in this century, Halloween was a night when boys played tricks on their neighbors. These tricks were【C1C】______ , but more closely resembled practical jokes. For example, the boys might lift an outhouse off its foundations and move it to someone else’s yard, or they might【C2】______ a door from its hinge and leave it on the owner’s roof. Such tricks required skill and planning, and the victims were【C3】______ neighbors or relatives. Usually, the boys do this to knock back what the adults bad done to them which they thought wrong. Thus, Halloween became a night when young people took their "【C4】______ " on adults in a way that was, for the most part, permitted by the community.
But as time passed by, Halloween lost most of its original traditions. Today, the only remnant is found in the "trick or treat" greetings of【C5】______ candy collectors. The action associated with the holiday has【C6】______ into destructive behavior, such as tire-cutting and window breaking. These kinds of actions require no skill or intelligence. The small offerings -- an apple or a piece of cake which people gave in exchange for protection from practical jokes, trick or treaters never satisfied them. Instead they demand handfuls of commercial candy bars from people, many of them strangers, on the collecting route. But the most alarming and unpleasant aspect of the new Halloween is that it【C7】______ evil-doing and food in the worst way. More criminal do some【C8】______ things -- put pins into candy bars and razors into apple-pies which caused people to【C9】______ this holiday to some extent. Halloween turns into an occasion of fear and nervousness. It seems that Halloween has been transformed into an event that brings out in us, not harmless fun, but a combination of eating too much, greed, and occasional 【C10】______ .
[A] assembles [F] vicious [K] costumed
[B] combines [G] terror [L] casually
[C] usually [H] trick [M] remove
[D] destructive [I] resent [N] exclude
[E] imaginative [J] revenge [O] degenerated [br] 【C3】
选项
答案
C
解析
本句是讲万圣节小把戏的受害者的范围。选项中的形容词都不适合修饰neighbors or relatives,所以考虑填入一个副词。usually意为“通常,大抵”,填入句中可与前文的例子相呼应,因此[C] usually为答案。[L]casually意为“偶然地,随便地”,用在此处语义不符。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3588496.html
相关试题推荐
Halloweenusedtobesomethingquitedifferentfromthecelebrationofsugar
Halloweenusedtobesomethingquitedifferentfromthecelebrationofsugar
Halloweenusedtobesomethingquitedifferentfromthecelebrationofsugar
Halloweenusedtobesomethingquitedifferentfromthecelebrationofsugar
It’stime_____________(采取措施)aboutthetrafficproblemdowntown.somethingwas
Mannersaredifferentineverycountry;buttruepolitenessiseverywheret
Mannersaredifferentineverycountry;buttruepolitenessiseverywheret
Mannersaredifferentineverycountry;buttruepolitenessiseverywheret
Mannersaredifferentineverycountry;buttruepolitenessiseverywheret
Mannersaredifferentineverycountry;buttruepolitenessiseverywheret
随机试题
Energydrinksareastapleamongcollegestudentsandclubkids,andthey’re
IthasbeenmonthssinceTinaMoorelastbitintoabagelorasliceoftoas
Choosethecorrectanswer,A,BorC.AdbourneFilmFestival[br]Lastyear’swi
一些参加改革试点的法院积累了成功的经验。Somecourtsinvolvedinpilotreformprogrammeshavehadsuc
TreesTomany,thewordtreesevo
根据全国老龄工作委员会(theChinaNationalCommitteeOnAging)的数据来看,到2053年,中国60岁及以上的老人数量
下列权利中,属于用益物权的有()。A、地役权 B、留置权 C、土地
某城市处于平原地区,城中有两条河流汇集,并有两条铁路在此交汇。该市下辖四县两区,
责任矩阵是项目人力资源管理工具,下列说法正确的有()。A、责任矩阵是一种将工作分
在微型计算机汉字系统中,一个汉字的机内码占的字节数为2。()
最新回复
(
0
)