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The name Hallowe' en comes from the original "hallowed" (or holy) "evening". Many of the customs of Hollowe' en date back to ancient times when people believed in magic and superstition.
In ancient Ireland, people believed that on this night the dead could return to earth as witches, ghosts, black cats or in other strange forms. These creatures would perform. all sorts of wicked mischief. They were creatures of the night, and any form. of light was a protection against them. People made special lanterns, which they placed by windows and doors to keep the evil spirits away. In time, these lanterns came to be made out of hollowed-out pumpkins with a scary face carved on one side and a candle placed in the center. These are known as "Jack-o'-lanterns."
Hallowe' en superstitions were brought over to America in the nineteenth century and have now been trans formed into a creative seasonal celebration. Children dress up as ghosts and witches. On the evening of October 31st, they nm from house to house calling out "nick or treat." Neighbours give them candy ("treats") and if they do not the children might play a "trick" on them, like dusting flour over their doorstop; or making a lot of noise outside their windows. Adults also dress up and go to costume parties where they might receive prices for the best or scariest costume.
People decorate their houses with cut-outs of ghosts, witches, skeletons and spiders' webs, as well as beautifully carved pumpkins. Stores sell all sorts of goods in the typical Hallowe' en colors of orange and black. You can also buy pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies and even pumpkin ice cream!
Hallowe' en might began in ______.
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Money and Love
When the Romantic Movement was still in its first favor, it was a common matter of debate 【B1】 people should marry for love or for money. The young people concerned usually favored love, and their parents usually favored money. In the novels of the period the dilemma was felicitously(巧妙地)solved by the discovery, 【B2】 the last page 【B3】 the apparently penniless heroine was really a great heiress. But in real life young men 【B4】 hoped for this denouement(结局)were apt to be disappointed. Prudent parents, 【B5】 admitting that their daughters should marry for love, took care 【B6】 all the young men they met should be rich. This method was sometimes very successful; it was adopted, for example, by my maternal grandfather, who had 【B7】 romantic daughters, none of 【B8】 married badly.
In there days of psychology the matter no 【B9】 looks so simple as it did eighty years ago. We realize now that money may be the cause, or part of the cause, of quite genuine love; of this there are notable examples in history. Benjamin Disraeli, 【B10】 became Lord Beaconsfield, 【B11】 in his youth, poor and struggling and passionately ambitious. He married a rich widow, much 【B12】 than himself, and 【B13】 by the world to be rather silly. Owing 【B14】 her, he washable to make his career a success. A cynical world naturally assumed that he loved her money 【B15】 than he loved her, but in this the world was mistaken; through out the whole of their married life he was deeply and genuinely devoted 【B16】 her. I do not suppose he would have loved her if she had been poor when he first knew her, but the gratitude which he felt for help 【B17】 he owed to her kindly interest in him easily developed into a sincere affection. A great deal of affection is based upon the fact that its object is a help in 【B18】 the purposes of the person who feels it. Men in whom ambition is the leading passion are likely to love women 【B19】 assist them 【B20】 their career, and it would be very shallow psychology to suppose that the love is not real because it has its instinctive root in self-interest.
【B1】
听力原文： Today I bought a copy of China Daily. This is the first time I have bought an English language newspaper. I know I can only understand a little part of it. I bought it out of curiosity. My teacher told us it's a good reading material for learning English. I haven't gone into the details of each piece. I have just gone over the headlines. I found it very comprehensive as well as interesting. There are many pictures and a weather report. It has many sections, such as Home News, International News, Business News and Sports News, and so on. Certainly, there are some other sections, too, of which I don't know the Chinese equivalents. I like anything from sports and entertainment to politics. I plan to buy it regularly. I can get a great deal of information and important news of both internal affairs and the world while I'm learning the English language.
What did the boy buy？
听力原文：W: Would you mind taking your feet off the desk, Bill？
M: Sorry, but I was very comfortable.
W: But do you put your feet on your own desk？
M: No, never. I don't want to mark my desk.
W: Well, would you please keep my desk clean？
M: Aren't you going to sell it？
W: Yes, but who wants a badly marked one？
What might be the relationship between the two？
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-- Who did you spend last week with？-- ______.
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