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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38.
Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are popular Halloween activities, but few probably (34) ____ these lighthearted fall traditions with their origins in Samhain, a three-day ancient Celtic pagan festival.
For the Celts, who lived during the Iron Age in what is now Ireland, Scotland, the U.K. and (35) ____ parts of Northern Europe, Samhain (meaning literally, in modern Irish, “summer's end”) marked the end of summer and kicked off the Celtic new year. Ushering in a new year signaled a time of both death and rebirth, something that was doubly symbolic because it (36) ____ with the end of a bountiful harvest season and the beginning of a cold and dark winter season that would present plenty of challenges.
Eventually, Halloween became more popular in secular culture than All Saints' Day. The pagan-turned- Christian practices of dressing up in costumes, playing pranks and handing out offerings have evolved into popular traditions even for those (37) ____ may not believe in otherworldly spirits or saints. (38) ____ , whether Halloween celebrants know it or not, they’re following the legacy of the ancient Celts who, with the festival of Samhain, celebrated the inevitability of death and rebirth.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (34) is...
A. separate
B. estimate
C. associate
D. celebrate
Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are popular Halloween activities, but few probably (34) ____ these lighthearted fall traditions with their origins in Samhain, a three-day ancient Celtic pagan festival.
For the Celts, who lived during the Iron Age in what is now Ireland, Scotland, the U.K. and (35) ____ parts of Northern Europe, Samhain (meaning literally, in modern Irish, “summer's end”) marked the end of summer and kicked off the Celtic new year. Ushering in a new year signaled a time of both death and rebirth, something that was doubly symbolic because it (36) ____ with the end of a bountiful harvest season and the beginning of a cold and dark winter season that would present plenty of challenges.
Eventually, Halloween became more popular in secular culture than All Saints' Day. The pagan-turned- Christian practices of dressing up in costumes, playing pranks and handing out offerings have evolved into popular traditions even for those (37) ____ may not believe in otherworldly spirits or saints. (38) ____ , whether Halloween celebrants know it or not, they’re following the legacy of the ancient Celts who, with the festival of Samhain, celebrated the inevitability of death and rebirth.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (34) is...
A. separate
B. estimate
C. associate
D. celebrate
Kiến thức: Từ vựng
Giải thích:
A. separate sth into sth (v): phân tách, chia ra
B. estimate sth from/at sth (v): ước lượng, ước tính
C. associate sb/sth with sb/sth (v): liên kết, kết nối
D. celebrate (v): kỷ niệm, tôn vinh
Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are popular Halloween activities, but few probably associate these lighthearted fall traditions with their origins in Samhain, a three-day ancient Celtic pagan festival.
Tạm dịch: Hóa trang và chơi trick-or-treat (bị ghẹo hay cho kẹo) là những hoạt động phổ biến trong lễ Halloween, nhưng có lẽ ít người liên kết những truyền thống mùa thu thú vị này với nguồn gốc của chúng từ Samhain, một lễ hội ngoại giao cổ đại kéo dài ba ngày của người Celt.
Giải thích:
A. separate sth into sth (v): phân tách, chia ra
B. estimate sth from/at sth (v): ước lượng, ước tính
C. associate sb/sth with sb/sth (v): liên kết, kết nối
D. celebrate (v): kỷ niệm, tôn vinh
Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are popular Halloween activities, but few probably associate these lighthearted fall traditions with their origins in Samhain, a three-day ancient Celtic pagan festival.
Tạm dịch: Hóa trang và chơi trick-or-treat (bị ghẹo hay cho kẹo) là những hoạt động phổ biến trong lễ Halloween, nhưng có lẽ ít người liên kết những truyền thống mùa thu thú vị này với nguồn gốc của chúng từ Samhain, một lễ hội ngoại giao cổ đại kéo dài ba ngày của người Celt.
Đáp án C.