Question

People celebrate New Year with happiness and joy by exchanging gifts and spending time with their families and friends, but some superstitions(迷信)are followed by many people around the world. Here are some New Year s superstitions.

1. One of the most popular New Year’ s superstitions is that you should kiss your beloved and dear ones at the stroke(报时的钟声)of midnight．It is said that those who fail to do so will have cold relationships with their loved ones for a whole year.

2.The New Year should not begin with unpaid debts. It is always said that all the bills should be paid off before the old year closes.

3.We can’t take anything out of the house on the first day of the year.  Actually, some people think it’s okay to remove things from the house so that something else has the chance to be brought in.

4.The first person to enter your home after stroke of midnight will influence your luck in the year.  It is believed that this person should ideally be dark – haired, tall, and good – looking.  Nobody knows whether it is true or not.

5. According to Chinese traditional custom, we usually don’ t sleep until one or two o’clock in midnight on New Year’ s Eve.  There are two meanings.  The first, .the old should treasure every second they have in their rest life; the second, the young hope for longer life for there parents.

A. First footing. B. Nothing goes out C. Paying off bills. D. Kissing at midnight. E. Lights on for the whole night. F. Stay up late of all night.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.F

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：人们通过交换礼物和与家人和朋友团聚庆祝新年，但是世界各地的许多人有些迷信活动。该文就是介绍了一些新年的迷信。

1.D根据本题描述可知最受欢迎新年的迷信是在午夜报钟声响时你应该吻你亲爱的。这样的话一年中与亲爱的关系就不会冷淡，所以选D，午夜亲吻。

2.C根据本题描述可知新年前必须还清旧的一年中所有的帐单，所以选C，付清帐单。

3.B根据本题描述可知在新年的第一天我们不能把家里的东西拿出去。事实上，有些人认为把东西拿出去，新东西才有机会进来，所以选B，不出去。

4.A根据本题描述可知午夜后第一个进入你家的人会影响你家的运气，所以选A，第一步。

5.根据本题描述可知按照中国的传统，除夕之夜我们通常到午夜一二点才能睡觉，所以选F，熬夜通宵。

考点：日常生活类阅读。