Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year.It means "holy evening", and it comes every October 31st, the evening before All Saints' Day.However, it is not really a church holiday;it is a holiday for children mainly.
Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o’-lanterns, which means “Jack of the lantern”.
The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say, “Trick or treat! Money or eat!” The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.
Not only children, but most grown-ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day, they can disguise(化装) themselves as personages(名人) or ghosts as their imagination will lead them. This brings them the satisfaction of being young.
46.What does Halloween mean?
47.When is Halloween?
48.What do children do with large orange pumpkins?
49.What do grown-ups do when children ask for a treat?
50.Why do grown-ups love Halloween?
答案及解析：
46. 答案：Halloween means "holy evening".
解析：根据文章第一段，Halloween的意思是“holy evening”，即“圣洁的夜晚”。
47. 答案：Halloween is on October 31st.
解析：文章第一段提到，Halloween在每年的10月31日，即万圣节前夜。
48. 答案：Children cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside.
解析：根据文章第二段，孩子们会在大南瓜上刻脸，并在里面放入燃烧的蜡烛，这些南瓜灯被称为jack-o’-lanterns。
49. 答案：Grown-ups put treat-money or candy in the children's bags.
解析：文章第三段描述了孩子们玩“不给糖就捣蛋”的游戏，成年人会在这个时候把零钱或糖果放进孩子们的袋子或盒子里。
50. 答案：Grown-ups love Halloween because they can disguise themselves as personages or ghosts, which brings them the satisfaction of being young.
解析：文章最后一段提到，不仅孩子们喜欢万圣节，大多数成年人也喜欢，因为他们可以化妆成他们想象中的名人或鬼魂，这让他们感到自己变得年轻，带来了满足感。
