2018年自学考试《英语(一)》提升练习（四）

 　四、Reading comprehension

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　　Hallowe'en is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening", and it comes every October 31,the evening before All-Saints Day. However, it's not really a church holiday; it's a holiday for children.

　　Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put lights inside. It looks like there is person looking out of the pumpkin!

　　The children also put on strange masks(面具)and frightening clothes every Hallowe' en. Some children paint their faces to look like monster(怪物).Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say, "Trick or treat! Money or eat!"The adults put a treat-money or candy- in their bags.

　　Some children think of other people on Hallowe' en. They carry boxes for UNICEF (The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund). They ask for money to help poor children

　　all around the world. Of course, every time they help UNICEF, they usually receive a treat for themselves, too.

　　1.The Americans celebrate All-Saints Day on ______. [ ]

　　A.October 31 B.the evening of October 31

　　C.October 30 D.November 1

　　2.Which of the following can explain the word"pumpkin"? [ ]

　　A.a kind of round, orange vegetable

　　B.a kind of round orange fruit

　　C.an unusual frightening mast

　　D.a kind of special clothes

　　3.On Hallowe' en children do the following things except ______. [ ]

　　A.they wear strange mast and frightening clothes

　　B.they paint their faces and carry boxes or bag from door to door

　　C.they begged from house to house

　　D.they put candles in the pumpkins

　　4.What will happen to the money which children have collected from the people? [ ]

　　A.Some of the money will go to UNICEF.

　　B.Children will keep the money for themselves.

　　C.The money will be handed to their parents.

　　D.The article doesn't say anything about it.

　　5.The best title for the passage probably is ______. [ ]

　　A.An Autumn Holiday B.A Church Holiday

　　C.A holiday for Children D.All-Saints Day