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 (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.

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：這篇短文告訴我們慶祝新年是全世界最古老最興奮的傳統(tǒng)的之一。文中介紹了幾個國家不同的傳統(tǒng)的慶祝方式。

【1】考查名詞和語境的理解。句意：全世界的新年慶祝。根據(jù)語意和語境，世界world。

【2】考查動詞和語境的理解。句意：人們?nèi)紵�柏油�?/span>根據(jù)語意和語境，燃燒burn。

【3】考查名詞和語境的理解。句意：孩子們把他們的鞋放在火旁邊。根據(jù)語意和語境，鞋shoes

【4】考查名詞和語境的理解。句意：他們的鞋子里將會有Saint Basil給的禮物。根據(jù)語意和語境，禮物gifts/presents。

【5】考查動詞和語境的理解。句意：到人們答應(yīng)未來會做得更好的時候啦。根據(jù)語意和語境，答應(yīng)promise。

【6】考查動詞和語境的理解。句意：人們做新年面包，來提醒大家收獲的季節(jié)到啦。根據(jù)語意和語境，cook做飯。

【7】考查動詞和語境的理解。句意：人們穿著新衣服。根據(jù)語意和語境，穿著wear。

【8】考查形容詞和語境的理解。語意：長壽的象征。根據(jù)語意和語境，長long。

【9】考查名詞和語境的理解。語意：歐洲的國家。根據(jù)語意和語境，國家countries。

【10】考查連詞和語境的理解。句意：拜訪朋友和親戚前，他們?nèi)ソ烫梅��?wù)。根據(jù)語意和語境，在……前before。