People all over the world celebrate the new year. However, not all countries celebrate in the same way, and in some countries, the new year doesn’t begin on the  46  date very year.

In many countries, the new year begins on 1st January, but people start celebrating on 31st December, New Year’s Eve. In New York many people go to celebrate in Times Square.  47   they’re waiting for the New Year, they listen to music, sing traditional songs and have fun. Just before 12 o’clock, everyone  48 down from 10: 10, 9, 8… As soon as it’s 12 o’clock, everyone shouts very  49 , “Happy New Year!”

New Year’s Day is often a family day. Some families get together for a special meal. When the weather is fine, many families go out for a  50 .

On New Year’s Day, many people make resolutions for the new year. They  51  a list of things, such as “I will help out more with housework. I will work  52 at school than others.” or “I won’t spend so much time playing video games.” When they have made  53 list, they read it to their family or friends and promise to  54 their resolutions.

So it doesn’t matter how they celebrate,  55 people in countries all over the world, it’s a time to say goodbye to the old year, and to welcome the new.

46. A. familiar     B. same      C. important     D. normal

47. A. If       B. Even though    C. While      D. Before

48. A. comes     B. turn       C. looks       D. counts

49. A. loudly     B. quietly      C. sadly       D. safely

50. A. walk      B. secret      C. job        D. treatment

51. A. put on     B. write down    C. take away     D. look after

52. A. quickly     B. hard       C. harder      D. hardly

53. A. its       B. his       C. her        D. their

54. A. follow     B. make      C. do        D. give

55. A. by       B. for        C. with       D. from

Many students now like the Internet very much. Lin Gang likes 41 , too. What does he like doing on the  42 ? He likes playing games and  43 music. He often 44 some nice songs from the Internet. Does he use it for  45 ?Yes, sometimes he  46 English on it.  47 does Lin Gang play games on the computer? 48 Saturday and Sunday. And he often does that  49 . Because he doesn’t  50 a computer at home. He asks his 51 to buy one for him,  52 she doesn’t agree(同意).Her mother 53 to him, ”It’s not  54 for you to play computer games too  55 .”

(       )41.A. them      B. they      C. its           D. it

(       )42.A. computer   B. table      C. mouse    D. printer

(       )43.A. singing B. writing    C. listening to D. making

(       )44.A . buys     B. downloads(下载) C. opens D. sings

(       )45.A. play      B. studying      C. emails        D. talking

(       )46.A. needs     B. takes         C. brings        D. learns

(       )47.A. How      B. Where    C. What            D. When

(       )48.A. In        B. To          C. On              D. From

(       )49.A. at home    B. at school      C. at work       D. in his bedroom

(       )50.A. have      B. has          C. plays     D. know

(       )51.A. mother B. father     C. sister     D. grandmother

(       )52.A. but       B. and      C. so       D. because

(       )53.A. likes      B. calls      C. sounds       D. says

(       )54.A. bad       B. careful    C. unhealthy     D. good

(       )55.A. many     B. well      C. often         D. only

 

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