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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are popular Halloween activities, but few probably (29) __________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 (30) _________ 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 (31) _________ 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 (32) _________may not believe in otherworldly spirits or saints, (33) ___________, 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 (31) is...
A. coincided
B. occurred
C. originated
D. compared
Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are popular Halloween activities, but few probably (29) __________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 (30) _________ 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 (31) _________ 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 (32) _________may not believe in otherworldly spirits or saints, (33) ___________, 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 (31) is...
A. coincided
B. occurred
C. originated
D. compared
Giải thích:
Kiến thức từ vựng:
- occur (v): xảy ra
- originate (v): khởi đầu
- compare (v): so sánh
- coincide (v): xảy ra cùng lúc, đồng thời → coincide with something: xảy ra cùng lúc với việc gì
Tạm dịch: Ushering in a new year signaled a time of both death and rebirth, something that was doubly symbolic because it coincided with the end of a bountiful harvest season and the beginning of a cold and dark winter season that would present plenty of challenges.
(Năm mới bắt đầu báo hiệu cho thời điểm của cả cái chết và sự hồi sinh, những thứ mang tính song biểu tượng vì nó trùng với sự kết thúc của một mùa bội thu và sự khởi đầu của một mùa đông lạnh lẽo và tăm tối đang chờ đợi để mang đến nhiều thử thách.)
Kiến thức từ vựng:
- occur (v): xảy ra
- originate (v): khởi đầu
- compare (v): so sánh
- coincide (v): xảy ra cùng lúc, đồng thời → coincide with something: xảy ra cùng lúc với việc gì
Tạm dịch: Ushering in a new year signaled a time of both death and rebirth, something that was doubly symbolic because it coincided with the end of a bountiful harvest season and the beginning of a cold and dark winter season that would present plenty of challenges.
(Năm mới bắt đầu báo hiệu cho thời điểm của cả cái chết và sự hồi sinh, những thứ mang tính song biểu tượng vì nó trùng với sự kết thúc của một mùa bội thu và sự khởi đầu của một mùa đông lạnh lẽo và tăm tối đang chờ đợi để mang đến nhiều thử thách.)
Đáp án A.