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. Halloween was first celebrated (38) __________ centuries ago in Ireland and Scotland by Celtic priests called Druids. The Druids thought that Halloween was the night when witches came out. As they were afraid of witches, they put not only food (39) __________ small gifts near the doors of their houses for them. It is considered that ...

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.

Halloween was first celebrated (38) __________ centuries ago in Ireland and Scotland by Celtic priests called Druids. The Druids thought that Halloween was the night when witches came out. As they were afraid of witches, they put not only food (39) __________ small gifts near the doors of their houses for them.

It is considered that Halloween was brought (40) __________ America by Irish and Scottish immigrants. In the 19^th century, they celebrated Halloween according to their old (41) __________ (the integral part of the festival was a lantern made of a pumpkin with holes in the forms of eyes, a nose and a mouth). Nowadays people hold parades on Halloween. On the 31^st of October, they (42) __________ as witches, demons, ghosts and the like, with large pumpkins in their hands, and take part in the festival that last till early morning.