In most countries New Year's Day is a very important day. Many people celebrate it together. But the real celebration for New Year happens on the night before--on New Year's Eve. There are a few interesting customs in the west countries, and there are a lot of differences from country to country.

　　Christmas is a family get-together, and New Year for some people is a time to be with friends. People in many countries often hold parties to welcome New Year. A lot of food and drink are usually ready before the parties. People like dancing to wait for the coming of New Year.

　　At midnight（午夜）, people often say “Happy New Year!” to each other. People's favourite drink is champagne（香檳酒）during the parties. In many western countries fireworks（煙火）are let off at midnight. Many people like to make noise, maybe they think the noise can drive away bad spirits（幽靈）. One famous Scottish（蘇格蘭的）song is often sung at New Year. That's Auld Lang Syne（友誼地久天長）.

(1) People often have great celebrations for New Year on ________.

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A．New Year's Day

B．the night before New Year's Day

C．the night after New Year's Day

D．the night before New Year's Eve

(2) In many countries people often ________ to welcome New Year.

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A．have parties
B．work hard
C．sing songs
D．buy flowers

(3) The phrase “l(fā)et off” in the passage means ________.

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A．懸掛
B．驅(qū)趕
C．摔
D．放

(4) People let off fireworks at midnight, because they think ________.

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A．it makes people warm

B．it makes sky light

C．noise maybe drive away bad spirits

D．noise makes people sad

(5) The main idea of the passage is about ________.

[　　]

A．western people like dancing before New Year's Eve

B．how people in west countries spend their New Year's Eve

C．western people like letting off fireworks before New Year's Eve

D．what western people do after New Year's Eve

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