Passage Three
Easter is a mix of three traditions: Pagan, Hebrew and Christian. The Pagan part, relates to the Easter Bunny and the Easter egg. [32]The origin of the rabbit icon, or Easter Bunny, comes from the fact that rabbits are notable for their capacity of abundant production of young especially at this time of year. [33]The use of Easter eggs has its roots in the characteristic of eggs laid in great numbers in the spring being colored like rays of the returning sun and the northern lights. There is also a long tradition of decorating Easter eggs and giving them at Easter.
As for the Hebrew tradition, Easter just happens to fall on the same day as Passover, a traditional Jewish festival. [34]It was at the feast of the Passover in Jerusalem that Jesus, a Jew, was crucified and rose from the dead. A name for Easter, therefore, is Pasch, with various spellings. Churches throughout the East and West celebrate Easter as a major feast ranking with Christmas, witness the "hot cross bun" or boon distributed among the faithful. There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament bible, or in the later writings by Christian leaders. [35]The first Christians didn't celebrate it as a Christian event at all. They continued to observe the Jewish festivals, though in a new spirit, as commemorations of events, which those festivals had foreshadowed. Thus the Passover, with a new conception and became the Christian Easter.

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What is the origin of Easter Bunny?
正確答案：A
解析：短文談到，兔子成為復活節(jié)的標志，原因是兔子的繁殖能力很強，特別是在每年的這個時候（即春天），故選A。
33. What do we learn about the Easter eggs from the passage?
正確答案：B
解析：短文談到，在春天大量染了色的雞蛋堆放在一起就好像反射的太陽光和北極光，復活節(jié)彩蛋的使用即根源于這一特色，也就是說，彩蛋象征著春季這個美麗的季節(jié)，故選B。預讀選項時可發(fā)現(xiàn)D過于絕對，一般太絕對的選項不為答案，可先排除D。
34. What do we know about the Passover according to the speaker?
正確答案：D
解析：短文談到，在耶路撒冷的逾越節(jié)里，耶穌被釘死在十字架上并復活，故選D。
35. How did early Christians celebrate Easter?
正確答案：A
解析：短文談到，早期的基督徒沒有慶祝復活節(jié)的習慣，故選A。