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The Easter we celebrate today is a combination of different traditions. Partly, it comes from old festivals to celebrate Spring.
The Easter we celebrate today is a combination of different traditions. Partly, it comes from old festivals to celebrate Spring.
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2017-04-21
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The Easter we celebrate today is a combination of different traditions. Partly, it comes from old festivals to celebrate Spring. 【R1】______
Most people agree that the word "Easter" comes from the Anglo Saxon Goddess Eastre, a symbol of Spring. 【R2】______
As a chief Christian festival, Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the 1st day of Spring.【R3】______Many dates of the Christian calendar are dependent on Easter.
The celebrations of Easter have many customs and legends that have nothing to do with Christianity.【R4】______The customs and traditions of using eggs have been associated with Easter for centuries.
Originally, Easter eggs were painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring and were used in Easter egg rolling contests or given as gifts. After they were colored and printed with various designs, the eggs were exchanged by lovers and romantic admirers. In the Middle Ages, eggs were traditionally given at Easter to the servants. 【R5】______
Different cultures have developed their own ways of decorating Easter eggs. Deep red colored eggs, to honor the blood of Christ, are exchanged in Greece. 【R6】______
In Germany and other countries eggs used for cooking were not broken, but the contents were removed by making a hole from the end of each egg with a needle and blowing the contents into a bowl. The hollow eggs were dyed and hung from trees during the Easter Week. 【R7】______
As with the Easter Rabbit and the holiday itself, the Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter. The exchange of eggs in the springtime is a custom that was centuries old when Easter was first celebrated by Christians.
【R8】______Eggs were often wrapped 14 in gold leaf or, if you were a peasant, colored brightly by boiling them with the leaves or petals 15 of certain flowers.
Today, children hunt colored eggs and place them in Easter baskets along with the modern version of real Easter eggs those made of plastic or chocolate candy.
A. Of all the symbols associated with Easter, the egg, the symbol of richness and new life, is the most important.
B. The Armenians would decorate hollow eggs with pictures of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and other religious designs.
C. In Germany, eggs were given to children along with other Easter gifts.
D. In parts of Germany and Austria green eggs are used on Thursday of the Holy Week.
E. From the earliest times, the egg was a symbol of rebirth in most cultures.
F. It is easy to see how "Eastre time" became "Eastre time".
G. It can be as early as March 22, or as late as April 25!
H. And partly it comes from the Christian celebration of the rebirth of Jesus Christ.
【R1】
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答案
H
解析
本文首段讲述了复活节的来历。空格处的前句说“部分来自于人们庆祝春天来临的传统”,H选项与空格前句构成排比句,解释说明了复活节的由来。
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