Question

【题目】Celebrating New Year’s Day is one of the oldest and most exciting traditions around the world. Since this festival marks the beginning of the year, New Year’s Day is thought of as a perfect time for a “clean start”. People in the world decide to act better in the year just beginning than the year just ended.

No day has ever been celebrated in so many different ways. All over the world, countries have their own special beliefs about what the New Year means to them.

In Scotland, the New Year is called Hogmanay. In the villages of Scotland, barrels of tar (沥青) are set on fire. It represents that the old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter.

New Year’s Day is also the Festival of Saint Basil in Canada. Children leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year’s Day with the hope that Saint Basil, who is famous for his kindness, will come and fill their shoes with gifts.

The Jewish New Year is called Rosh Hashanah. It is an important time when Jews promise to do better in the future. Special services are held in the church, children are given new clothes and New Year bread is cooked to remind people of harvest time.

On New Year’s Day in Japan, everyone gets dressed in their new clothes and homes are decorated (装饰) with bamboos—symbols of long life.

In European countries such as Germany, France and Belgium, families start the New Year by first attending church services. Afterwards, they visit friends and relatives. In France, boys and girls receive gifts of money on New Year’s Day.

New Year celebrations around the 【1】

Country/people	Celebration activities	Special beliefs
Scotland	People 【2】 barrels of tar.	The old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter.
Canada	Children leave their 【3】 by the fireside.	Their shoes will be 【4】 with gifts by Saint Basil.
Jews	It is a time for people to 【5】 to do better in the future. People 【6】 New Year Bread to remind of harvest time.
Japan	People 【7】 their new clothes. Homes are decorated with bamboos.	Symbols of 【8】 life
European 【9】	People attend church services 【10】 visiting friends and relatives.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】world

【2】burn

【3】shoes

【4】gifts/presents

【5】promise

【6】cook

【7】wear

【8】long

【9】countries

【10】before

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文告诉我们庆祝新年是全世界最古老最兴奋的传统的之一。文中介绍了几个国家不同的传统的庆祝方式。

【1】考查名词和语境的理解。句意：全世界的新年庆祝。根据语意和语境，世界world。

【2】考查动词和语境的理解。句意：人们燃烧柏油。根据语意和语境，燃烧burn。

【3】考查名词和语境的理解。句意：孩子们把他们的鞋放在火旁边。根据语意和语境，鞋shoes

【4】考查名词和语境的理解。句意：他们的鞋子里将会有Saint Basil给的礼物。根据语意和语境，礼物gifts/presents。

【5】考查动词和语境的理解。句意：到人们答应未来会做得更好的时候啦。根据语意和语境，答应promise。

【6】考查动词和语境的理解。句意：人们做新年面包，来提醒大家收获的季节到啦。根据语意和语境，cook做饭。

【7】考查动词和语境的理解。句意：人们穿着新衣服。根据语意和语境，穿着wear。

【8】考查形容词和语境的理解。语意：长寿的象征。根据语意和语境，长long。

【9】考查名词和语境的理解。语意：欧洲的国家。根据语意和语境，国家countries。

【10】考查连词和语境的理解。句意：拜访朋友和亲戚前，他们去教堂服务。根据语意和语境，在……前before。