【題目】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 (瀝青) 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 (裝飾) 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.

【答案】

【1】world

【2】burn

【3】shoes

【4】filled

【5】promise

【1】cook

【2】wear

【3】.long

【4】countries

【5】before

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文是關(guān)于慶祝元旦，是世界上最古老，最令人刺激的一種方式。講述了世界各國的人們的慶�；顒�，特殊的信仰，提到了蘇格蘭，日本，猶太人，歐洲國家如德國，法國比利時的慶祝方式。

【1】句意：世界各地的新年慶賀。整篇文章在講世界各地的新年慶祝方式。Around the world，all over the world為同義詞。故填world。

【2】句意：人們點燃瀝青桶。根據(jù)文中In the villages of Scotland， barrels of tar (瀝青) are set on fire. It represents that the old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter。在蘇格蘭的鄉(xiāng)村，瀝青桶被放到火上，它代表著舊的一年被燒掉，新的一年允許進(jìn)來。is allowed to enter被允許進(jìn)入，allow somebody to do，允許某人做某事。故選burn。

【3】句意：在加拿大，孩子們把鞋放在火爐旁邊。根據(jù)文中Children leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year’s Day，在新年，孩子們把鞋放在火爐旁。故選shoes。

【4】句意：他們的鞋將由圣巴滋爾裝滿禮物，根據(jù)文中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. is famous for，因……著名。fill their shoes with gifts，用禮物裝滿。故應(yīng)該選filled 。

【5】句意：是人們承諾將來做的更好的時候。根據(jù)文中It is an important time when Jews promise to do better in the future。when Jews promise to do better in the future定語從句，先行詞是time。這是猶太人發(fā)誓將來做地更好的時候。故應(yīng)該填promise。

【6】句意：人們烘烤面包，提醒想起收獲的季節(jié)。根據(jù)文中New Year bread is cooked to remind people of harvest time.烘烤新年面包提醒人們想起收獲季節(jié)。is cooked，一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)。故選cook。

【7】句意：在日本人們都穿新衣服。根據(jù)文中On New Year’s Day in Japan， everyone gets dressed in their new clothes。日本的新年每個人都穿上新衣服。故選wear。

【8】句意：壽命長的象征。根據(jù)文中On New Year’s Day in Japan， everyone gets dressed in their new clothes and homes are decorated (裝飾) with bamboos—symbols of long life元旦在日本，人們穿上新衣裳，家里用竹子裝飾，長壽的象征。are decorated (裝飾) with，用……來裝飾。故填：long。

【9】句意：（在）歐洲國家，根據(jù)文中In European countries such as Germany， France and Belgium，（在）歐洲國家，像德國，法國，和比利時。故選countries。

【10】句意：（在）歐洲國家，人們拜訪親朋好友之前，先參加教堂的服務(wù)。根據(jù)文中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. （在）歐洲國家，像德國，法國，和比利時，全家先參加教堂服務(wù)一開始新年，然后，他們拜訪親朋好友。such as，像……，用于舉例。故選before。

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