Question

【题目】任务型阅读。

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 shoes by the fireside.	Their shoes will be filled with gifts by Saint Basil.
Jews	People _____【3】_____ New Year Bread to remind of harvest time.
Japan	People wear their new clothes. Homes are decorated with bamboos.	Symbols of long life
European__【4】__	People attend church services _【5】___ visiting friends and relatives.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】world

【2】burn

【3】cook

【4】countries

【5】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】world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】burn 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】cook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。

【4】countries 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。

【5】before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。