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Now picture a whole downtown stacked with them, tens of thousands of flickering grins climbing towers taller than a two-story house. That is exactly what happens in Keene, New Hampshire, a small city that turns its Main Street into a mountain of firelight for its yearly Pumpkin Festival. On the biggest nights, the air smells like scooped pumpkin and warm candle wax, and the orange glow can be seen from blocks away. It looks less like a Halloween party and more like a city made entirely of tiny lanterns.  \nThat glow didn't appear overnight, and it certainly didn't start with tens of thousands of pumpkins. The festival began in 1991 as a modest downtown gathering, with a few hundred jack-o'-lanterns lining the streets. Year after year the pile grew as families, schools, and businesses each brought carved pumpkins to add to the display. By the early 2000s, Keene had become famous for chasing a very specific goal: the world record for the most lit jack-o'-lanterns in one place at one time. What started as a friendly small-town tradition slowly turned into a citywide mission.  \nChasing a record like that takes far more than one clever carver with a sharp knife. To reach the record, Keene needed to display more than 30,000 lit jack-o'-lanterns at once, and it set its best-known record with a count of about 30,581 in 2013. Volunteers built scaffolds and towers so pumpkins could be stacked in glowing walls instead of spread flat on the ground. Teams counted every single lit pumpkin carefully, because a record only counts if the number can be proven. Imagine the job of lighting thousands of candles before they burn down, then keeping them all glowing for the official count!  \nAll those candles need thousands of hands, which is really the secret behind the whole event. Keene's festival works because an entire community pitches in, from little kids scooping seeds to adults hauling pumpkins and building the towers. In the author's view, the true marvel isn't the record number at all, but the sight of a whole town cooperating to make something beautiful together. Other places hold big pumpkin displays too, and Boston has also competed for jack-o'-lantern records over the years. Still, few events turn an ordinary main street into a glowing landmark quite the way this one does.  \nSo why does a wall of carved pumpkins still matter in a world full of dazzling screens?  \nBecause a jack-o'-lantern is something you make with your own hands, and thousands of them together prove that small efforts can add up to something enormous. The festival reminds people that a community is strongest when everyone contributes a piece, even a lopsided, gap-toothed one. Long after the candles burn out and the pumpkins are composted, the memory of that orange glow stays with the people who built it. Not bad for a holiday tradition that began with just a few hundred pumpkins on one small-town street.  \nThe Night of 30,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the central idea the author develops throughout the passage?\u003Cbr>A. Halloween decorations have become more frightening and elaborate over the years.\u003Cbr>B. New Hampshire holds more festivals each autumn than any other state.\u003Cbr>C. A single skilled carver can produce enough pumpkins to set a world record alone.\u003Cbr>D. A whole community working together turns thousands of pumpkins into a glowing spectacle. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) According to the final paragraph, why does the author think a wall of pumpkins still matters today?\u003Cbr>A. It shows that small handmade efforts can add up to something enormous\u003Cbr>B. It proves that screens will soon replace old holiday traditions\u003Cbr>C. 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