Question

【題目】New Year’s Eve

New Years Eve, also called Old Year’s Night, is celebrated on December 31st, the final day of the year. It is celebrated all over the world with parties and social gathering with usually a lot of fireworks and noise.

In the United States of America, New York is the place where this celebration is associated with. People gather in the Times Square just before midnight in the last minute of the countdown to see the “ball dropping”.

The celebration is also associated with parties in other parts of the world. In France, for instance, the celebration is called le Reveillon. Special food is prepared accompanied with champagne. People also go to the Eiffel Tower in Paris to see fireworks display. In Japan, people traditionally clean their home. Buddhist temple bells are rung 108 times at midnight. In Brazil, the beach of Copacabana is considered by many to be the place of the most beautiful fireworks show in the world.

On New Year’s Eve, people commit themselves with resolutions. These are made reform a habit and should go into effect and remain until fulfillment.

【1】When is New Year’s Eve celebrated?

A.On December 30th.B.On January 1st.C.On December 31st.

【2】What is le Reveillon?

A.A kind of celebration.B.A kind of food.C.A kind of display.

【3】How many countries are mentioned in the passage to celebrate New Year’s Eve?

A.Three.B.Four.C.Five.

【4】In the last paragraph, “These” refers to “______”.

A.PeopleB.ResolutionsC.Habits

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要介紹了“New year's Eve。新年前夕指12月31日晚上。世界各國(guó)舉行party或者聚會(huì)進(jìn)行慶祝。文章列舉了美國(guó)，法國(guó)，日本，巴西，等四個(gè)國(guó)家的慶祝方式。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段“New year's Eve is also called Old Year's Night, is celebrated on December thirty first”可是new year’s eve，是在12月31日。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)文章第三段“In France, for instance, the celebration is called le Reveillon.”可知是一種慶祝方式，故選A。

【3】總結(jié)歸納題。文章第二、三段列舉了，美國(guó)，法國(guó)，日本，巴西，等四國(guó)的慶祝方式。故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“在新年前夕，人們用下決心的方式對(duì)自己做出承諾。這些決心讓人們改進(jìn)習(xí)慣并付諸于行動(dòng)。”因此These是指Resolutions。故選B。