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1、Unit1 FestivalsaroundtheworldⅠ.阅读理解Maskedchildrenroaming(漫步)door-to-door,beggingfortreats.Adultsdressingupforcostumeparties.SoundslikeanormalHalloween—exceptitwasn’t.Lessthanacenturyago,thiswasThanksgiving.Itseemsstrange,butit’strue:FordecadesbeforeWorldWarⅡ,TurkeyDaywasthedayforputtingonfalsefaces
2、.HowdidThanksgivingtakesuchadetour(迂回路线)?Intheearly19thcentury,poorerMassachusettspeoplestartedknockingondoorsontheholiday’seve,begging,“SomethingforThanksgiving?”Asajoke,well-to-dochildrenbegandressingintornclothesanddoingthesame.Thecostumeideacaughton.WhenAbrahamLincolnproclaimed(宣告)Thanksgivinga
3、holidayin1863,townsfromJuneau,Alaska,toTampa,Florida,beganmarkingthedatewithmasqueradeballs(化装舞会). Nottobeoutdone,NewYorkCitybroughtthetrendtothenextlevel.OfficialsorganizedagrandannualparadetocelebratebothThanksgivingandtheBritishevacuation(撤离)ofNewYork.Working-classmenmarchedthroughstreetsblowing
4、hornsandbeatingdrums.TheycalledthemselvesFantasticals.Kidsalsojoinedinthefun.TheyroamedthestreetsonThanksgivingmorning,ringingdoorbellstoaskstrangers,“AnythingforThanksgiving?”SomanykidsweresportingtornclothesanddarkenedfacesonThanksgivingthatbythe1900s,itwasknownasRagamuffinDay.Fantasticalsdiedout
5、bytheturnofthe20thcentury,but“Thanksgivingmaskers”spreadquickly—nottoeveryone’samusement.“Thepracticeofringingallthedoorbellsanddemandingpenniesislongpastajoke,”TheNewYorkTimescomplainedin1903.SomeNewYorkersthrewstove-heatedcoinsknownas“redpennies”ontothestreetandhowledinlaughteraskidsburnedtheirfi
6、ngers.Redpenniesfailedtostoptheragamuffins,buttheGreatDepressiondid.Everybodyhademptypocketsbythe1930s,andthequestion“AnythingforThanksgiving?”wasansweredwith“No.”AttheurgingofNewYork’sschools’superintendent,civicorganizationsorganizedcostumecontestsandparadestodiscouragekidsfrom“goingragamuffin”do
7、or-to-door.Itworked.Thanksgivingchangedtoafamily-orientedholiday,andby1950,trick-or-treatinghadshiftedtoalesssacredday—Halloween.1.Howdoestheauthorintroducethetopicofthetext?A.Byquotingfromabook.B.Bycompari
