問題詳情

Boxing Day, also known as St. Stephen’s Day, is celebrated on December 26―the day afterChristmas. It was a way for people to (34) cash or goods to those less fortunate.(35) people disagree about its exact history, Boxing day celebrates the tradition of giving tothe needy. The origins of this holiday probably (36) the Middle Ages. At that timethroughout Western Europe, Dec. 26 was a time to give gifts to those (37) a lower social class.Family households would celebrate Christmas on Christmas Day, but this meant that their servantshad to continue with their normal work and therefore, in effect, missed out on the celebration. Tocompensate for this, families would set aside December 26th as the time for their servants’ Christmas.Work duties would be dropped to a minimum, (38) family members taking some of theresponsibilities of the servants, such as keeping the fireplace stocked with coal, greeting visitorsthemselves and (39) the servants with a good Christmas dinner. The term “Boxing Day” refersto the gift that the family gave to each servant―wrapped in box. (40) the good-will shown totheir servants, there was no mixed lunch or partying the night away together. Decent families stillkept a reasonable distance from their servants.Today, (41) the tradition of Boxing Day, many businesses, organizations, and familiesdonate their time, services, and money to aid Food Banks and provide gifts for the poor. BoxingDay is also spent with family and friends with lots of food and sharing of friendship and love.
34.
(A) in keeping with
(B) Despite
(C) distribute
(D) While
(E) supplying (AB) with (AC) of (AD) date back to

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.611111
統計：A(2),B(3),C(33),D(2),E(5)

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