Question

People all over the world celebrate the new year. However, not all countries celebrate in the same way, and in some countries, the new year doesn’t begin on the   46    date very year.

In many countries, the new year begins on 1st January, but people start celebrating on 31st December, New Year’s Eve. In New York many people go to celebrate in Times Square.   47    they’re waiting for the New Year, they listen to music, sing traditional songs and have fun. Just before 12 o’clock, everyone   48  down from 10: 10, 9, 8… As soon as it’s 12 o’clock, everyone shouts very   49 , “Happy New Year!”

New Year’s Day is often a family day. Some families get together for a special meal. When the weather is fine, many families go out for a   50 .

On New Year’s Day, many people make resolutions for the new year. They   51  a list of things, such as “I will help out more with housework. I will work   52  at school than others.” or “I won’t spend so much time playing video games.” When they have made   53   list, they read it to their family or friends and promise to   54  their resolutions.

So it doesn’t matter how they celebrate,   55  people in countries all over the world, it’s a time to say goodbye to the old year, and to welcome the new.

1.	A．familiar B．same C．important D．normal

2.	A．If B．Even though C．While D．Before

3.	A．comes B．turn C．looks D．counts

4.	A．loudly B．quietly C．sadly D．safely

5.	A．walk B．secret C．job D．treatment

6.	A．put on B．write down C．take away D．look after

7.	A．quickly B．hard C．harder D．hardly

8.	A．its B．his C．her D．their

9.	A．follow B．make C．do D．give

10.	A．by B．for C．with D．from

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

【解析】短文描述了世界各地人们过新年的情景。虽然庆祝的时间不定相同、方式各异，但它是家庭团圆的节日，是辞旧迎新之时，也是为新的一年做计划的时候。

1.根据句意，并不是所有国家用同种方式庆祝新的一年，有些国家新年还不在同一日期开始。 连词and连接两个并列句，后句中所缺的词要与前一句中的the same 相呼应。

2.句意是：人们在等待新年的时候，还做着其他的事情。这是一个时间状语从句，

后面动词是延续性的，用连词while。

3.迎接新年时，人们在最后几秒钟倒着数数，count down from 10 to 1。

4.在同一秒时间，众人齐呼，喊声应该很大，而且欢快，loudly最佳。

5.根据句意，好天气的时候，一家人出门做的最可能是walk。go out for a walk意思是“去散步”。

6.此处意思是：把下决心的清单写下来。write down意思是“写下来、记下来”。

7.句中有than，是比较级，用hard的比较级形式。

8.此句的主语是they，后面的形容词性物主代词应该用their，与之匹配。

9.此处是向家人和朋友作出承诺。通过上下文可知，是怎样追随所下的决心。

10.本句运用了此结构，“It is a time (for) sb to do sth”，其中for sb前置。