1 . Halloween is a festival celebrated on October 31st. The name of the holiday means “hallowed” or “holy evening” because it happens the day before All Saints Day. It is said that Halloween is the children’s New Year’s Eve. They dress up with special costumes (服装), they eat too much, and they stay up too late celebrating.

Children go around the neighborhood wearing make-up, and dress in masks and colorful costumes. The most common costumes are witches (巫师), ghosts, skeletons (骷髅), and popular TV, movie and storybook characters. Some costumes are homemade; others are bought in stores. The children go from door to door saying “trick or treat”. People give them candy, cookies, fruit or money. Sometimes money is collected to help UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund.

Homes, stores, and classrooms are decorated in the traditional Halloween colors, orange and black. Usual decorations are witches, ghosts, skeletons, and Jack-o’-lanterns, Jack-o’-lanterns are pumpkins that are carved (雕刻) to look like faces. They are placed on doorway entrances and in windows. Horror movies and ghost stories are shown on TV on this day.

Adults and older children also celebrate Halloween with parades, festivals, and costume parties. Some people create their costumes; other people rent them. Contests are held, where the best costume receives a prize. One of the party events popular with children is dunking (浸泡) for apples. Apples are put in tubs filled with water. People try to get the apples using only their mouths; hands cannot be used.

1. Why is it said that Halloween is the children’s New Year’s Eve?

A．Because Halloween comes the day before All Saints Day.

B．Because children can get money from their parents on Halloween.

C．Because only on that day can children go around the neighborhood.

D．Because children dress up with special costumes, eat a lot, and stay up late celebrating.

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the common costumes according to the text?

A．They are colorful.

B．All of the costumes are bought in stores.

C．Some of the costumes are homemade.

D．They are witches, ghosts, skeletons, popular TV characters and so on.

3. What are the traditional Halloween colors?

A．Orange and brown.	B．Red and green.
C．Black and white.	D．Orange and black.

2 . How long can the man keep the books?

A．For one week.

B．For three weeks.

C．For two weeks.

3 . How much are the boy's sunglasses?

A．$15.

B．$35.

C．$50.

4 . What may the weather be like tomorrow?

A．Cloudy.

B．Rainy.

C．Sunny.

5 . What happened to the man?

A．He lost his books.

B．He hurt his arm .

C．He fell off his bike.

6 . Life in the future will be very different from that today. Between then and now many changes will take place (发生), but what will the changes be?

The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people now. Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important subjects at school then.

People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. Travelling will be much easier and cheaper. And more people will go to other countries for holidays.

Work in the future will be different too. Robots(机器人) can do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1. In the future, most people will _________ than people now.

A．live shorter

B．live longer

C．get taller

D．get shorter

2. In the future, the computer will be ________.

A．much bigger and few people will use it

B．much smaller and more useful

C．smaller and not many people will use it

D．bigger and a lot of people will use it

3. The robots will ________ in the future.

A．do dangerous work	B．do all the work
C．do interesting work	D．do easy work

4. Which is the best title（标题） for the passage?

A．Life in the past	B．Changes of computers
C．Robots in the future	D．Life in the future

7 . How was the weather during the woman’s holiday?

A．Sunny.

B．Rainy.

C．Cloudy.

8 . If you’re a teen artist, this is the perfect challenge for you. We’ve seen just how talented you can be; but this month, we’re putting your skills to the test. This contest requires your art to be made out of a wide variety of colors. You should use different colors even for your outlines and shading. Think you’re up for the challenge?

Deadline: May 10th

Guidelines and Details:

● Your entry must be a character created by yourself.

● There is no limit to the number of characters you can submit.

Rules:

● You must be a teen (aged 13-19) to enter.

● No inappropriate content.

● Submissions must relate to the topic (only colors, no black-and-white drawings).

How to Submit:

● Submit entries through our website. All entries submitted to Teen Ink are automatically considered for the contest. There is no cost to submit or be published. See our submission guidelines for more information.

● Submit your work to the appropriate art category on Teen Ink. Include“only colors”as one of your submission’s tags. You can do this by using the “additional tags” field in your submission form.

Prizes:

● Winner and honorable mentions will have their works published in Teen Ink magazine.

● The overall winner will receive a $ 25 gift card.

1. What do we know about the contest?

A．It charges entry fees.	B．It focuses on colors.
C．It is an off line contest.	D．It targets art students.

2. What are the participants required to do?

A．Create characters of their own.

B．Mind the number of characters.

C．Submit only one entry to Teen Ink.

D．Include black-and-white drawings.

3. What will the winner get?

A．Cash prizes.	B．Gift certificates.
C．Publication of their works.	D．Copies of Teen Ink magazine.

9 . What does the man think of the art exhibition?

A．Quite amazing.

B．Rather boring.

C．Poorly organized.

10 . Where does the conversation take place?

A．In a hotel.

B．In a school.

C．In a meeting room.