单选题
Halloween 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. It used to be thought the most wonderful night of the year. It was the night when witches and evil spirits came back on earth. People kept up many strange old customs in an effort to keep these evil things away. Farmers used to light big fires in their fields, and the farm workers and their families would walk around the fields singing old songs. Sometimes they would stop to hear the local priest offer prayers to the good spirits, and ask them to help keep the evil ones away.
Great care was taken that none of the farm animals were left in the fields. They would all be locked up safely in their stables, and over each of the stable doors a few rowan leaves would be hung. Witches and evil spirits would not go anywhere near the rowan tree.
In more recent times, Halloween has become a time for the parties, when children dress up as witches and play all kinds of special games. After the games there is often a big supper with plenty of pumpkin pie, cakes and a lot of other delicious things to eat.
But for the most part the children enjoy the fun of dressing up and playing their favorite game of "Trick or Treat". They run down each street knocking on the doors crying loudly "Trick or Treat! Money or eat!", and most people have some sweets or money ready to give them. Those that do not can expect maybe to have a tyre flattened, or their windows covered in soap. Or the children may just knock on the door and run away.
Some children think of other people on Halloween. 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.
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 a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o'-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern". But in this modern age many of the pumpkins are being replaced with plastic electric ones that can be brought out each year.

单选题 Why did Halloween use to be thought the most wonderful night of the year?
A. Because people thought at that night witches and evil spirits came back on earth.
B. Because it was the time for parties.
C. Because it was an autumn holiday that Americans celebrated every year.
D. Because farmers were allowed to light big fires and sing songs at that night.

单选题 What did priests do on Halloween?
A. They helped farmers light fires and sang songs.
B. They prayed to the good spirits and asked them to help keep the evil ones away.
C. They took care of farm animals for farmers.
D. They played games with children.

单选题 Why did people hung rowan leaves over the stables?
A. Because farm animals liked rowan leaves.
B. Because rowan leaves would keep witches and evil spirits away.
C. Because they used the leaves to decorate the stables.
D. Because rowan leaves could keep the farm animals quiet in the stables.

单选题 Which of the following statements about Halloween is FALSE, according to the text?
A. Halloween has become a time for parties.
B. Children dress up as witches and play special games.
C. People will enjoy a big supper with many delicious things to eat
D. Children will give sweets or money to their parents.

单选题 The author wrote this text in order to______.
A. introduce Halloween to readers.
B. ask readers to offer money to help poor children.
C. show the fact that plastic electric pumpkins will replace the real ones.
D. welcome people to U.S.A to celebrate Halloween.