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On November 5, people across the United Kingdom gather to watch fireworks scream skyward and burn straw figures called \"guys\" on towering bonfires. The air smells of smoke, roasting chestnuts, and toffee apples. It looks like a party, but it began with one of the most dramatic plots in English history.  \nThat plot is where the fireworks really come from. In 1605, a group of angry  \nconspirators decided to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London while King James I was inside. A soldier named Guy Fawkes was caught in a cellar guarding about thirty-six barrels of gunpowder, enough to flatten the building. The scheme, later called the Gunpowder Plot, was discovered before a single spark was struck. Can you imagine the shock in London when word spread that the king had come within hours of disaster?  \nBecause the king survived, the celebrating started almost immediately. That very November, Londoners lit bonfires to give thanks that James I was still alive. Soon Parliament passed a law making November 5 an official day of public thanksgiving, and it stayed on the calendar for about 250 years. Back then, the night carried a sharper edge than it does now, tangled up in the religious tensions of the time. Over the centuries, though, the solemn thanksgiving softened into the noisy, cheerful festival families enjoy today.  \nSoftening or not, one custom has stubbornly survived: the \"guy. \" People still build stuffed figures out of old clothes and straw, sometimes wheeling them through the streets and asking passersby for \"a penny for the guy. \" At nightfall, the figure is placed atop the bonfire, and the flames become the heart of the party. Here is a word that traveled a long way: because these dummies looked so ragged and odd, the word\"guy\" first came to mean a strange-looking person, and eventually just any person at all. So every time an American says \"you guys,\" they are quietly echoing Guy Fawkes.  \nThat everyday word is not the only thing competing for attention on the November  \ncalendar. In recent years, Halloween has grown enormously popular in Britain, arriving from across the Atlantic with its costumes, candy, and pumpkins. Some Britons worry that trick-or-treating on October 31 is overshadowing their older, homegrown tradition just five days later. Others point out that the two nights can happily share the autumn, one for spooky fun and one for fire and history. Retailers, meanwhile, are delighted to sell decorations and treats for both.  \nWhichever night wins the bigger crowd, the fireworks still belong to the fifth. Public displays now draw huge audiences, with cities staging shows far grander than the small backyard bonfires of the past. It is a strange twist of history that a failed attempt to destroy a building is remembered every year with light and celebration instead of fear. The plotters wanted to be remembered for an explosion, and in a way they got their wish, just not the way they planned. Remember, remember indeed.  \nGuy Fawkes Night  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the main historical event that Guy Fawkes Night commemorates?\u003Cbr>A. The building of the first Houses of Parliament in England\u003Cbr>B. The signing of a peace treaty between England and Spain\u003Cbr>C. The crowning of King James I in the city of London\u003Cbr>D. The failed 1605 plot to blow up Parliament and the king's survival |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) How does the first sentence of paragraph five connect to what came before it?\u003Cbr>A. It introduces the gunpowder barrels described earlier in the text\u003Cbr>B. 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