Question

    People all over the world celebrate the new year. However,not all the countries celebrate in the same way,and in some countries,the new year doesn’t begin on the 1 date every year.

   In many countries,the new year begins on Jan 1 ,but people start celebrating on Dec 31 ,New Year's eve. In New York many people go to celebrate in Times Square. 2 they’re waiting for the new year,they listen to music,sing traditional songs and have fun. Just before 12 o’clock,everyone 3 down from 10: 10. 9. 8. .. As soon as it's 12 o’clock,everyone shouts very 4 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 5 .

    On New Year's Day,many people make resolutions for the new year. They 6 a list of things,such as “I will help out more with housework.

    I will work 7 at school. ” Or “I won’t spend so much time on video games. ” When they have made 8 list,they read it to their family or friends and promise to 9 their resolutions.

     So it doesn’t matter how they celebrate,10 people in countries all over the world,it's a time to say goodbye to the old year,and to welcome the new.

1. A. familiar   B. same

   C. important   D. normal

2. A. If   B. Since

   C. While   D. Before

3. A. comes   B. turns

   C. looks   D. counts

4. A. loudly   B. quietly

   C. sadly   D. safely

5. A. walk   B. secret

   C. job   D. treatment

6. A. put on   B. write down

   C. take away   D. look after

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

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

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

10. A. by   B. for

   C. with   D. from

Answer 1

2. C 3. D 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. B

本文是一篇说明文，文章介绍了不同国家庆祝新年的不同风俗习惯。纽约的人们会用唱歌跳舞等方式来迎接新年，他们还会在新年到来之际许下新年的愿望等，期盼来年会更美好。

详析

1 . B由doesn’t begin on the... date可知，每年新年开始的日期并不都是相同的。

2. C本句用的是现在进行时，结合listen to music...可知，此处表示“在……的同时”，故答案为C.

3. D由这组数字的排列规律可以看出，他们正在倒计时，故此处应当是“数数”之意。

4. A当倒计时刚结束时，人们都会欢呼，故答案为A项B项表示“安静地”；C项表示“悲伤地”；D项表示 “安全地”，二者均不符合题意。

5. A由when the weather is fine可以判断出，天气好的时候，许多家庭会出去散步。

6. B make resolutions for the new year 表示“制订新年计划”，结合a list of things可知，此处表示“写下” A项表示 “穿上”；C项表示“带走”；D项表示“照顾”，二者均不 符合题意。

7. C由make resolutions可知，此处应当表示“更加努力地”

8. D由本句中的两个they可知，此处表示“他们的”。

9. A promise表示“许下诺言”，结合their resolutions可知，此处表示“遵循”最恰当，故答案为A.

10. B 由 it's a time to say goodbye 可知，say goodbye to the old year 的逻辑主语应当是 people in countries all over the world,故答案为B

 in tiie same way 以相同的方式 make resolutions 作出决定 promise v.许下诺言

障碍句分析

So it doesn't matter how they celebrate,for people in countries all over the world,it's a time to say goodbye to the old year,and to welcome the new.所以他们如何庆祝新年并不重要，因为对于世界各地的人们来说，这是一个辞旧迎新的时刻

这是一个并列句在前一个并列句中，how they celebrate是主语从句，it是形式主语;在后一个并列句中，it 是形式主语，代替动同不定式to say. .. the new