【聽力答案】

l.D 2. C 3. A

【聽力原文】

Passage 1

Halloween originated as a celebration connected with evil spirits.（1）Witches flying on broomsticks with ghosts, goblins and skeletons have allevolved as symbols of Halloween.（巫婆、骷髏、南瓜都是萬圣節的象征物。）They were originally feared because people believed that these creatures could communicate with the spirits of the dead. Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night. In the weeks before October 31, Americans decorate windows of houses and schools with puppets and toys of witches and black cats.

Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. The pumpkin is an orange-colored squash, and orange has become the other traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns is a Halloween custom also dating back to Ireland. When the Irish brought their customs to the United States, they carved faces on pumpkins.（2）Today jack-o'-lanterns in the windows of a house on Halloween night let costumed children know that there are candies waiting if they knock and say "Trick or Treat!"（窗前掛著南瓜燈，表示主人歡迎孩子們的拜訪，并會有糖果相贈。）

（3）No Halloween party is complete without at least one scary story.（鬼故事是萬圣節必不可少的一項內容。）Usually one person talks in a low voice while everyone else crowds together on the floor or around a fire.

【核心詞匯】

Halloween 萬圣節

witch n.巫婆

scary a.恐怖的,可怕的

jack-o'-lantern 杰克燈；空心南瓜燈

skeleton n.骷髏