WhenthefirstspringflowersblossomEastercomes.ItistheoldestChristianfeastinmemoryoftheresurrection(复活)ofJesusChrist.AlongwiththetraditionalEasterwalkoroutingthegivingofEastereggsandmorerecently

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When the first spring flowers blossom Easter comes. It is the oldest Christian feast in memory of the resurrection (复活) of Jesus Christ.

Along with the traditional Easter walk or outing the giving of Easter eggs and more recently of Easter presents is a main feature of the feast. Parents give their children “Easter eggs” – colored and boiled eggs chocolate eggs marzipan eggs – Easter bunnies sweets and other gifts. In some German regions children virtually “collect” Easter eggs from their relatives especially their godparents.

Usually the Easter eggs are carefully hidden in the garden or in the house and the children must search for them on the morning of the Sunday. They are told that the Easter bunny has brought them. This anonymous(匿名的) mysterious bunny is like Santa Claus at Christmas. But it is less of an “educational” figure than Santa Claus is since the eggs are not given to children as rewards for being good.

Some Easter egg games have been preserved at certain places in Germany or have even been newly developed. Children try to outdo others in rolling colored eggs down grassy slopes for instance or they knock the eggs’ pointed ends together and the child whose egg does not shatter（砸碎） gets the broken one too. In some places this custom was even used as the name of local festival.

What are the main features of Easter?

Easter walk Easter eggs Easter bunnies and sweets.

Easter outing and the giving of Easter presents.

Easter walk Easter eggs Easter bunnies and Easter egg games.

Easter outing the collecting of Easter eggs and Easter games

The underlined word “outdo” means ________.

A. do better than B. do worse than C. do slower than D. do the same as

What can be inferred from the passage?

Easter bunny will give gifts to children for better or worse.

Easter bunny is very similar to Santa Claus as they both bring gifts to children.

Easter always falls on a Sunday.

Some of the local festivals are named by Easter egg games.