https://test-english.com/listening/b1/halloween-history/
Check your answers:
1For the Celts, 31st October was…
- a. the last day of the year.correct
- b. a day to be with their families.
- c. the day they celebrated their music festival.
2That day, the villagers lit big bonfires…
- a. to communicate with the spirits from the spirit world.
- b. to attract ghosts.
- c. to send the ghosts back to their world.correct
3All Saints Day…
- a. appeared after the Catholic Church had eliminated Samhain (the Celtic celebration).
- b. was used to transform Samhain into a catholic celebration.correct
- c. was used to eliminate the belief in reincarnation.
4When the Irish arrived in America, they…
- a. introduced Halloween there for the first time.correct
- b. changed the way Halloween was celebrated.
- c. invented some new traditions, such as bobbing the apple or playing tricks.
5The children wore masks…
- a. to scare people.
- b. to pretend they were ghosts.
- c. to hide their identity.
6The neirhgbours gave candy to the youngsters…
- a. so that they didn’t vandalise their houses.correct
- b. in exchange for help with the cleaning.
- c. because they were poor
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