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Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are...

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 (32) is...
A. which
B. whom
C. what
D. who
Giải thích:
Đại từ quan hệ:
Ta dùng đại từ quan hệ 'who' để thay cho 'those' và ở vị trí chủ ngữ trong mệnh đề quan hệ.
Tạm dịch: The pagan turned- Christian practices of dressing up in costumes, playing pranks and handing out offerings have evolved into popular traditions even for those who may not believe in otherworldly spirits or saints…
(Các tập tục của người ngoại giáo theo Cơ đốc giáo hóa trang, chơi khăm và cúng biếu đã phát triển thành truyền thống phổ biến ngay cả đối với những người có thể không tin vào các linh hồn hoặc thánh nhân ở thế giới khác…)
Đáp án D.
 

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