Question

任务型阅读（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成表格.(每空一词)

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(承诺) 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(使…想起) people of harvest time.

On New Year’s Day in Japan, everyone gets dressed in their new clothes and homes aredecorated (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. Then 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 burn barrels of tar.	The 2. year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter.
Canada	Children leave their 3. by the fireside.	Their shoes will be filled with4. by Saint Basil.
Jews	It is a time for people to promise to do 5. 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

1.world

2.old

3.shoes

4.presents/gifts

5.better

6.cook

7.wear

8.long

9.countries

10.before

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：庆祝新年是全世界的一个最古老和最激动人心的传统。因为这个节日标志着一年的开始，新的一年的一天，被认为是一个“干净的开始一个完美的时间”。在不同的地方有不同的庆祝方式。

1. New Year’s Day is one of the oldest and most exciting traditions around the world.可知庆祝新年是全世界的一个最古老和最激动人心的传统。所以该填写world。

2. represents that the old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter.可知在苏格兰村，柏油起火。它代表着旧的一年被烧了，新的一年被允许进入。所以该填写old。

3. leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year’s Day 可知在新年孩子把他们的鞋子留在炉边。所以该填写shoes。

4. the hope that Saint Basil, who is famous for his kindness, will come and fill their shoes with gifts.可知希望以善良著称的圣罗勒把礼物放在鞋里，所以该填写presents/gifts。

5. is an important time when Jews promise(承诺) to do better in the future.可知这是一个重要的时候，犹太人承诺在未来做的更好。所以该填写better。

6. services are held in the church, children are given new clothes and New Year bread is cooked to remind(使…想起) people of harvest time.可知特殊服务是在教堂里举行，孩子们得到新衣服和新年面包以提醒他们想起收获时间的人，所以该填写cook。

7. gets dressed in their new clothes and homes aredecorated (装饰) with bamboos—symbols of long life.可知在日本的新年，每个人都会穿着他们的新衣服，家庭都用竹子装饰象征长寿，所以该填写wear。

8. of long life可知在日本竹子象征长寿，所以该填写long。

9. European countries such as Germany, France and Belgium, families start the New Year by first attending church services.可知该填写countries。

10. European countries such as Germany, France and Belgium, families start the New Year by first attending church services.可知该填写before。

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