Read the following passage and mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word that best completes each of the numbered blanks from 3 to 5. Have you stopped to wonder why people give each (3) ______ eggs at Easter? The Christian festival of Easter celebrates the return of Jesus Christ from the death, but the festival is actually named after the goddess of the sun. Easter, whose name is taken from the East where she rises. In very ancient times, Easter was a celebration that ...

Read the following passage and mark letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word that best completes each of the numbered blanks from 3 to 5. Have you stopped to wonder why people give each (3) ______ eggs at Easter? The Christian festival of Easter celebrates the return of Jesus Christ from the death, but the festival is actually named after the goddess of the sun. Easter, whose name is taken from the East where she rises. In very ancient times, Easter was a celebration that winter was over and that a new life was about to begin. The rabbit, due to the number of young it produces, is the symbol of life. In some parts of the world, the rabbit leaves large numbers of eggs (another symbol of new life) in the garden (4) ______ children have to find as many as they can. This is very like Christmas when Santa Claus leaves presents for individual children. At Easter, children have to be independent and (5) ______ after themselves. In this way, the hunt for Easter eggs represents the need for young people to go out into the world and make their own fortune.

Have you stopped to wonder why people give each (3) ______ eggs at Easter?