【题目】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 (沥青) 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 (装饰) 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.

【题目】Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.

In fact happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you. W hen you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health. When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy too. All these are your happiness. If you notice them you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can’t say loudly you are very happy because you have more chances to challenge yourselves. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. If you take every chance you get, you will be a happy and lucky person.

1When you fall down in a PE class, both your teacher and your classmates will ______.

A. laugh at you B. play jokes on you

C. quarrel with you D. help you up

2What will your friends say to you when you make great progress?

A. Congratulations. B. Oh, so do I.

C. Good luck. D. It' s just so-so.

3Which idea is NOT RIGHT according to the passage?

A. Happiness is always around you though difficulties come towards you.

B. You can get help from others when you make mistakes.

C. You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.

D. People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air.

4Which of the following is this passage about?

A. Bad luck B. Good luck C. Happiness D. Life.

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