children today, who dress in funny or ghostly clothes and knock at neighborhood doors shouting 'Trick or Treat！'"可知，princesses, ghosts and witches是指打扮成这些形象的孩子们，所以C为正确答案。

　　2．Children celebrate Halloween in the following ways EXCEPT ________.

　　A．playing little tricks on their neighbors

　　B．dressing up and attending costume parties

　　C．doing destructive things which are usually not allowed

　　 D．doing some good deeds to help those in trouble

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据全文内容看A、B和D项的活动在文章中都出现了，而没有进行破坏性的活动，故选C。

　　3．According to the passage, why did the Irish choose pumpkins instead of turnips?

　　A．Because pumpkins were much cheaper.

　　B．Because in the autumn there were more pumpkins.

　　C．Because pumpkins were suitable to make lanterns.

　　D．Because the Irish wanted to make some changes.

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。由最后一段的"...they carved faces on pumpkins instead of turnips (芜菁) because in the autumn they were more plentiful than turnips."可知答案选B。

　　4．What's the meaning of the underlined word "outrageous" in the third paragraph？

　　A．Unusual.　　　　　 B．Attractive.

　　C．Funny D．Expensive.

　　解析：选A　词义猜测题。根据文章内容可知孩子们在节日时打扮成鬼怪神灵，所以衣服应该是"不寻常的，离奇的"，所以选A。

　　B

　　The people sitting around the fire are very strange. Some of them have huge noses. They have empty cheeks and large stupidly smiling mouths. Their faces are painted red, blue, and black; some are even green. They have antlers (鹿角) on their heads and long black horsehair hanging down their backs. Who can these people be?

　　They are not nearly as frightening as they look. They are the Delaware celebrating their form of Thanksgiving, the Festival of the Corn Goddess. They are thanking her for the harvest and asking her to send them another good harvest next year. The faces are really masks, which are worn as part of the ceremony.

In the past many Native American people made use of masks in ceremonies and celebrations. The masks varied from nation to nation, but they were most often used for religious reasons. When a