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So how did people decorate before stores sold aisles of Halloween gear? They reached for paper. Around the early 1900s, families bought party books packed with ideas for cutting, folding, and hanging decorations made of colored paper. A room could be transformed with paper lanterns, paper cats, and streamers, all made by hand at the kitchen table.  \nThose paper decorations may sound simple, but some of them are now worth real money. In the early 1900s, much of the fanciest Halloween paper and papier-mache came from Germany, where skilled makers shaped lanterns and figures that were shipped across the ocean to American stores. Papier-mache is made by soaking paper in paste and molding it into shapes, so a lightweight jacko'-lantern could feel almost like a piece of pottery. Today collectors hunt for these old German pieces, and a rare one in good shape can sell for hundreds of dollars.  \nA collector's shelf holds the past, but Halloween decorating did not stay indoors on a shelf. Over the years, families began moving the fun outside, turning porches, windows, and front yards into displays the whole neighborhood could see. Instead of a single paper cat in a window, a house might get a pumpkin on every step and cobwebs stretched across the bushes. This shift from inside to outside is a big reason decorating grew from a small party craft into a yearly project people plan for weeks.  \nOnce decorating moved outdoors, it also grew into big business. According to a National Retail Federation survey, Americans plan to spend billions of dollars on Halloween each year, and a large share of that goes to decorations. That makes Halloween one of the most decorated holidays in the country, second mainly to the winter holidays in December. All those pumpkins, lights, and figures add up when millions of families each buy a little more.  \nThe newest chapter in this story lights up after dark. Many yards now glow with light-up displays, from string lights shaped like pumpkins to tall inflatable figures that puff up when a small fan inside switches on. These giant blow-up decorations stand quietly deflated during the day, then rise up in minutes once the fan and lights turn on at night. It is a long way from a paper cat taped to a window, yet both come from the same wish: to make an ordinary house feel like it belongs to Halloween.  \n The History of Halloween Decorations Name:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the main idea of the whole passage?\u003Cbr>A. Inflatable decorations are the only kind of decoration people use today.\u003Cbr>B. Families should always make their own paper decorations at the kitchen table.\u003Cbr>C. Halloween decorations from Germany are the only ones that collectors want to buy.\u003Cbr>D. Halloween decorating has changed over time from handmade paper items to large outdoor light-up displays. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) Which structure does the author mainly use to organize the passage?\u003Cbr>A. A list of steps for making decorations out of colored paper\u003Cbr>B. A comparison of Halloween decorating in Germany and in America\u003Cbr>C. A problem and its solution about how to store old decorations\u003Cbr>D. A time order that moves from early paper decorations to today's glowing yards |  |  |  |  | 5.  \u003Cbr>6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) What does the word \"papier-mache\" mean as it is used in the passage?\u003Cbr>A. Paper soaked in paste and molded into shapes\u003Cbr>B. Colored paper cut and folded into flat lanterns\u003Cbr>C. A kind of clay pottery shaped by German makers\u003Cbr>D. A lightweight plastic used for blow-up figures |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.  \u003Cbr>10. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) What does the passage suggest about how Halloween ranks among decorated holidays?\u003Cbr>A. 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