首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Halloween used to be something quite different from the celebration of sugary greed that goes on today. Earlier in this cent
Halloween used to be something quite different from the celebration of sugary greed that goes on today. Earlier in this cent
admin
2013-05-04
92
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 (47)______, 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
(48)______ a door from its hinge and leave it on the owner’s roof. Such tricks required skill and planning, and the victims were (49)______ neighbors or relatives. Usually, the boys do this to knock back what the adults had done to them which they thought wrong. Thus, Halloween became a night when young people took their "(50)______" 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 (51)______ candy collectors. The action associated with the holiday has (52)______ 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 (53)______ evil-doing and food in the worst way. More criminal do some (54)______ things—put pins into candy bars and razors into apple-pies which caused people to (55)______ 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 (56)______.
Word Bank:
A. assembles I. resent
B. combines J. revenge
C. usually K. costumed
D. destructive L. casually
E. imaginative M. remove
F. vicious N. exclude
G. terror O. degenerated
H. trick
选项
答案
G
解析
此处应填名词。本句中Halloween has been transformed into an event that brings out in us, not harmless fun,but…的转折表明,所填名词应和饱食(eating too much)、贪婪(greed)一样具有否定意义。H. trick为中性词,与此分析不符,应排除。结合文章内容可知,而今的万圣节把戏时常会让人感到恐惧,所以本题应选G. terror。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/SxB7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Thecountguideshowthefederalmoneyisdividedwithindifferentsectors.B、ThecountdecidesthenumberofseatsintheHou
A、Tellherhismother’spreferenceindetail.B、Continuetolookuntilhefindssomethinghelikes.C、Askhismotherwhichkind
A、Karenisveryforgetful.B、HeknowsKarenbetternow.C、Karenissuretopasstheinterview.D、SomethingiswrongwithKaren’s
Womenteachersareholdingbackboysbyblamingthemfortypicallymalebehavior,accordingtoastudyouttoday.Theyarereinf
A、Improvetheirteachingeffect.B、Modernizetheirteachingequipments.C、Teachstudentsdifferentlanguages.D、Keepcontactwit
A、Hisabilitytoteacharangeofdifferentsubjects.B、Hismemorableperformancesintheclassroom.C、Hisfocusonstudentsas
WehavetheevidencethatAppleisontosomething______(38家苹果店在建,还有更多店在筹建).
A、Hehasopenedanewaccount.B、Something’swrongwithhisaccount.C、Hebegantopayacarloan.D、Hehadtodealwithafinan
A、Theanimalsinthenextdoor.B、Theweathertoday.C、Thetemperatureintheroom.D、Thenewrefrigerator.C综合理解题。男士提到女士的房间如同冰箱
随机试题
与脾胃病有关的口味有
某医院护理部在护理质量管理中运用PDCA循环的护理管理方法,对护理质量持续改进。其中“D”代表的含义是
关于弱有机碱在胃肠道的吸收,错误的是
对项目经理进行项目管理的基本要求有()。
护栏的形式按结构可分为:()。
注册会计师A承接了丙公司2014年度财务报表审计业务,在评估后得知丙公司应收账款项目存在重大错报风险,注册会计师B拟对该项目的重大错报风险设计进一步审计程序。为使函证程序具有不可预见性,B拟对函证程序采取以下措施。其中,你认为合理的是()。
以下可以作为购买飞机票有效证件的是()。
下列条件中并非有效学习所必须具备的条件是()
Theeffectofthebabyboomontheschoolshelpedtomakepossibleashiftinthinkingabouttheroleofpubliceducationinthe
若网络的各个节点均连接到同一条通信线路上,且线路两端有防止信号反射的装置,这种拓扑结构称为()。
最新回复
(
0
)