单项选择题
| Hundreds of years before the birth of
Christ, the Celts --the (36) of parts of France and the
British Isles-- (37) a festival at the beginning of every
winter for the Lord of the Dead. The Celts believed that this god (38)
the world in Winter (39) he called together the
ghosts of dead people. On October (31) , people believed
these (40) of the dead came back to earth in the
(41) of animals. They thought that very bad. ghosts came
back (42) black cats. (43) their
festival on this day, the Celts (44) to make big fires to
frighten the ghosts and chase them (45) . This celebration
was the (46) of the holiday of Halloween. The Romans, who ruled the British Isles (47) , also held a (48) at the beginning of winter. Because this was harvest time, the Romans (49) apples and nuts for the Goddess of the garden. (50) the Christians added their customs (51) those of the Celts and the Romans. They had a (52) holiday on November 1 for the saints, (53) they called All Hallows’ or All Saints Day. The evening (54) this day was All Hallows’ Even ("holy evening"); (55) the name became Halloween. |