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英语六级阅读练习及答案解析

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 英语六级阅读练习及答案解析练习

 GuyFawkesNight

 WhenNovember5thcomes,manypeoplefeelthattheyshouldgive

theirdogasedative,forsomedogsgetverynervouswhentheyhearloud

bangs,andtheeveningofGuyFawkesDayissuretobenoisyifthereare

childrenlivinginyourneighborhoodinEngland.

 November5thisadayonwhich,traditionally,childrenareallowed,

underpropersupervision,toletofffireworks,tomakeabonfireandburnonit

thefigureofaraggeddummy(a‘guy2’)madeofoldclothes,straw,and

—ifpossible—oneoffather’soldesthats.Eventhesmallerchildrenare

allowedtostayupuntilitisreallydark,sothattheycanadmiretherockets

thatburstintheskyandsenddownashowerofmany-coloredsparks.

 TheoriginofthiscustomliesintheGunpowderPlotof1605.Inthat

yearKingJamesI3wasonthethrone.Harshmeasureshadbeentaken

againstmembersoftheRomanCatholicfaithandcertainCatholicsplottedto

blowuptheHousesofParliament4onNovember5th,whentheKingwasto

openParliamentandwhen,ofcourse,alltheMemberswouldbepresent.

TheplottershadhiredpremisesadjoiningtheHouseofLords,andhadbeen

abletoobtainaccesstoavaultbeneaththeHouse.There,theyhadstored

thirty-sixbarrelsofgunpowder.Theseweretobeblownup,whenthetime

came,byaverybrave,cool-headedman,GuyFawkes.Unfortunately,

accordingtothetraditionalaccount,theplotwasdiscoveredwhenoneof

theplotterswrotetowarnarelation.OnNovember4ththevaultswere

searched,andGuyFawkeswasfoundandarrested.Itissaidthathehadbeen

warnedthattheplothadbeendiscovered,buthegallantlypersistedinh