Question

【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 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 filled with 【4】_____ 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】

試題分析：慶祝新年是世界上最古老和最令人激動(dòng)的傳統(tǒng)之一。全世界，各國(guó)都有自己的特殊信仰，新年的慶祝方式也不同。

【1】句意：世界各地之新年慶祝。根據(jù)“Celebrating New Year’s Day is one of the oldest and most exciting traditions around the world.”可知，全世界都會(huì)慶祝新年。around the world意為“世界各地”。故填World。

【2】句意：人們?nèi)紵秊r青。根據(jù)“In the villages of Scotland, barrels of tar (瀝青) are set on fire.”可知，在蘇格蘭，瀝青被放入火中燃燒。burn 燃燒，是動(dòng)詞。故填burn。

【3】句意：孩子們把鞋放在火堆旁邊。根君“Children leave their shoes by the fireside”可知應(yīng)填“鞋子”。故填shoes。

【4】句意：他們的鞋會(huì)被圣誕老人裝滿禮物。根據(jù)“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.”可知，孩子們把鞋放在火堆旁，他們希望圣誕老人把禮物裝進(jìn)鞋子里。故填gifts/presents。

【5】句意：這是一個(gè)讓人保證在未來(lái)做得更好的時(shí)候。根據(jù)“The Jewish New Year is called Rosh Hashanah. It is an important time when Jews promise to do better in the future. ”可知，猶太人把新年叫做猶太新年，這是保證未來(lái)做得更好的重要時(shí)刻。故填promise。

【6】句意：人們烹飪新年面包來(lái)使人想起豐收時(shí)光。根據(jù)“children are given new clothes and New Year bread is cooked to remind people of harvest time”可知，新衣服和烹飪好的新年面包是用來(lái)紀(jì)念豐收的。cook 烹飪，是動(dòng)詞。故填cook。

【7】句意：人們穿新衣服。根據(jù)“On New Year’s Day in Japan, everyone gets dressed in their new clothes”可知，在日本，過(guò)新年要穿新衣服。wear穿，是動(dòng)詞。故填wear。

【8】句意：長(zhǎng)命百歲的象征。根據(jù)“symbols of long life ”可知應(yīng)填long。

【9】句意：歐洲國(guó)家。文章最后一段講述的是歐洲一些國(guó)家的新年。故填countries。

【10】句意：在拜訪親戚朋友之前，人們會(huì)現(xiàn)價(jià)教會(huì)服務(wù)。文章最后一段介紹歐洲人在新年第一天會(huì)參加教會(huì)服務(wù)，之后會(huì)拜訪親戚和朋友。before在……之前。故填before。