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Think of carnival,and you (18) ______ crowds,costumes,and confusion."Carnival"comes from two Latin words,(19) ______ "no more meat".People saw Carnival as a last (20) ______ to have fun at the end of the winter season.
The most famous carnival in Europe was in Venice.For weeks(21) ______ ,people wearing masks did what they wanted without(22) ______ ,so that many crimes went(23) ______ .
The government realized this problem and made laws to solve it.Masks were(24) ______ completely.But in the late 1970s the tradition was(25) ______ by students.
Today,carnival in Venice is(26) ______ for five days in February.As you(27) ______ through the streets,you see thousands of masks.However,nobody takes them off.If the masks come off,the magic is lost.