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【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】filled

【5】promise

【6】cook

【7】wear

【8】long

【9】countries

【10】before

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是慶祝新年是全世界一個(gè)最古老也是最令人興奮的傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗，而不同國(guó)家迎接新年的時(shí)候，有不同的方式，短文中作者給我們舉了很多例子。

【1】根據(jù)短文中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可知，這篇短文主要給我們介紹的是世界各地迎接新年的不同習(xí)俗。around the world全世界。

【2】根據(jù)短文第三段中In the villages of Scotland, barrels of tar (瀝青) are set on fire.可知，在蘇格蘭，人們迎接新年的時(shí)候，會(huì)燒瀝青，意思是燒掉過(guò)去的一年，迎接新的一年。故填burn。

【3】根據(jù)短文第四段中Children leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year’s Day可知，在加拿大，在新年那天，小孩們會(huì)把鞋放在火爐邊。故填shoes。

【4】根據(jù)短文第四段中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，在加拿大，在新年那天，小孩們會(huì)把鞋放在火爐邊，希望Saint Basil能往他們的鞋里放滿禮物。fill裝滿，根據(jù)句意這里用的是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，故填filled。

【5】根據(jù)短文第五段中It is an important time when Jews promise to do better in the future可知，在猶太人的新年里，人們會(huì)承諾在新的一年里做得更好。由此可知填promise。

【6】根據(jù)短文第五段中New Year bread is cooked to remind people of harvest time.可知，猶太人做新年面包，提醒他們豐收的時(shí)候。cook做飯。

【7】根據(jù)短文第六段中On New Year’s Day in Japan, everyone gets dressed in their new clothes可知，在日本新年的時(shí)候，人們會(huì)穿上新衣服。wear穿。

【8】根據(jù)短文第六段中homes are decorated (裝飾) with bamboos—symbols of long life.可知，在日本，新年的時(shí)候，人們會(huì)用竹子裝飾家，象征長(zhǎng)壽。故填long。

【9】短文最后一段說(shuō)的是歐洲一些國(guó)家過(guò)新年的風(fēng)俗，作者給我們列舉了德國(guó)、法國(guó)和比利時(shí)三個(gè)國(guó)家，故這里填countries。

【10】根據(jù)短文的最后一段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.可知，在歐洲國(guó)家，過(guò)新年時(shí)，人們先是去教堂，然后再去拜訪親戚朋友。故填before。