2021年通用版高考英语二轮专题：人与社会类阅读理解精讲（四）word版（含答案）

2021年高考英语人与社会类阅读精讲（四） 万圣节的由来和影响 There's nothing particularly difference about the way Canadians celebrate Halloween, yet perhaps at least in my neighborhood, it seems to be more about togetherness than any great passion to wear a witch's hat or string some nets around the bush. Folklorists trace Halloween back to the Celtic festival of Samhain. Nicholas Rogers, in his book Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night, says the feast marked the midpoint between the autumn equinox（秋分） and the fall of winter, a time of stock-taking and preparations. Halloween came to North America with Irish and Scottish migration in the 19th century and underwent many repeats. “Halloween's ability to provide a public space for social development held it in good position at a time when other potentially wild holidays were becoming more institutionalized and domesticated （驯服的），"argues Mr. Rogers. It changed from a family affair to a party united by adults. In popular culture, Halloween is viewed as an American secular holiday. According to digital coupon company RetailMeNot, 73% of Americans plan to celebrate it this year, and ifs a phenomenon in Canada too. "It's become bigger and more celebrated than it ever has，'‘ says Chris Ainsworth, who founded the Canadian Haunters Association, a group of hardcore Halloween enthusiasts who turn their homes into detailed haunted houses each year. In 2018, the Retail Council of Canada made news saying Canadians were now outspending Americans on Halloween, to the total of $ 1 billion annually. The estimate has remained stable, says Diane Brisebois, the council president. That’s not because enthusiasm has declined but because prices have been driven down. Some here are unsatisfied with the commercial in the festivities. But in some ways the holiday has also returned to its roots as a community-centered activity. And perhaps that’s why everyone gets so excited about Halloween in Toronto, a metropolis that is known as a “city of villages”. 1 .What do the Canadians seem to like about Halloween? It enriches people's life. It makes people excited. It provides people get-together. It marks the fall of the Autumn. 2.Why does the Halloween keep a steady position according to Paragraph 2? It goes through reformation. It can give a space for social development. It provides people with different ideas about holidays. It can change other holidays into more reasonable ones. 3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that . the Halloween always make people excited people in Toronto like to celebrate Halloween the Halloween is gradually returning its tradition people aren't content with commercial activities in Halloween 4.From which is the text probably taken? A. A biology textbook. B. A health report. C. A research paper. D. A culture magazine. 文章语言点学习 重点词汇和短语 词汇和短语 释义 讲解 trace back to 追溯到…… 【相关短语】 date back to...追溯到 date from...始于 feast n.盛会；宴会 feast作动词 ... ...