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Unique New Year's Traditions from Around the World

How do you celebrate New Year’s? If I had to take a guess，you probably celebrate New Year’s surrounded by family and friends，enjoying drinks of your choice and watching the ball drop with Dick Clark．1.Listed below are five of the top ten“Unique New Year Traditions from Around the World．”

1．Breaking Dishes on Neighbor’s Door

A strange Danish New Year tradition，depending on how you look at it, is throwing dishes at neighbor’s door．2.The family with the tallest tower of broken plates，glasses，cups and other crockery is considered to be the luckiest person because it symbolizes their large amount of loyal friends．

2．Talking to Spirits

Talking to spirits is a part of Mexican belief．Mexicans strongly believe that they can communicate with the souls of their dead loved ones．3. And this is not done at home on an individual basis but is a legal Mexican practice．Taos Inn，in New Mexico for example，offers 15 minutes session of spiritualism and meditation for ＄15.6．Not a bad price for some helpful guidance！

3．Wearing Polka Dots

Imagine streets full of people wearing polka dots and dining room tables full of round shaped food and fruits on one single day of the year． 4. Philippines believe that this will bring them prosperity by associating the round dots to coins and wealth．

4．Burning Scarecrow Dummy

Ecuador has a unique custom of crafting Scarecrows and then burning them at midnight．They adorn them and fill the scarecrows with newspapers and pieces of wood．As midnight approaches，everyone gathers outside their home and each family burns their own scarecrow． 5.The scarecrow also scares away bad luck，which in rurn，fills their new year with luck and happiness．

A．New Year’s Eve is considered the best time to communicate with dead spirits to convey a message or ask for guidance．

B．It is also believed in the Irish culture that this act will help them get rid of bad luck．

C．Have you ever imagined how New Year’s would look in another country?

D．This all actually happens in the Philippines on New Year’s Eve every year．

E．Strangely，this makes them happy instead of annoying them．

F．We all want to start a new，fresh year with renewed enthusiasm and hope．

G．The tradition says that this destroys all the bad things that took place in the past months．

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Everybody in this world is different from one another．But do you know that understanding differences can help you better manage your money？

As we grow up，we gradually develop a set of our own values or beliefs．These are influenced by society，our family，the education we receive and so on．Once this value system is set up，it's not easy to change later in life．

Financial experts say that everyone also has their own belief of how to manage their finances．This is part of our value system and it has a great impact on the way we look after our money．

According to our different values，experts put us in three categories．They are：the ant，the cricket and the snail．

The ant works first

Just like ants who work heart and soul in summer in order to store food for winter，these people don't care about enjoying the moment．They work very hard and save money they earn so that they can enjoy life when they get old and retire．The ant loves to save but they could make more out of their money if they were willing to invest in some funds and stocks with low risk．

The cricket fun first

The cricket wants to enjoy everything now and doesn't think too much about the future．They even borrow money when they really want something．Many young people now belong to this group．These people have little savings．When they get old，they might have problems．They should learn to save and buy insurance．

The snail lives under pressure

The snail refers to people who make life difficult for themselves．They take big long term loans from the bank in order to buy things such as luxury houses．They are happy to take big loans even though they are not sure whether they can afford it．This can cause problems in the future．They should plan more carefully．

【小题】People with the character of the snail would like to __________．

A．enjoy life at the moment without thinking much about the future

B．put work before everything else

C．live a luxury life at all costs

D．take the risk of investing a large sum of money

【小题】Our beliefs and values are affected by the following except __________．

A．society B．our family

C．education D．money

【小题】This passage mainly talks about __________．

A．the spending nature of people

B．the relation between man and insects

C．the insects in nature

D．the problems with dealing with money

【小题】Which of the following has the character that the author prefers？

A．The ant B．The cricket

C．The snail D．None of the above

When you meet someone for the first time, you will form an impression in your mind of that person in the first moment. Your reactions to other people, however, are really just barometers (晴雨表) for how you perceive(理解) yourself. Your reactions to others say more about you than they do about others. You cannot really love or hate something about another unless it reflects something you love or hate yourself. We are usually drawn to those who are most like us and tend to dislike those who display those aspects of ourselves that we dislike.

Therefore, you can allow others to be the mirror to illuminate (阐明;照亮) more clearly your own feelings of self-worth. Conversely, you can view the people you judge negatively as mirrors to show you what you are not accepting about yourself.

To survive together peacefully with others, you will need to learn tolerance. A big challenge is to shift your perspective from judgment of others to a lifelong exploration of yourself. Your task is to assess all the decisions, judgments you make onto others and to begin to view them as clues to how you can heal yourself and become whole.

Several days ago I had a business lunch with a man who displayed objectionable table manners. My first reaction was to judge him as rude and his table manners as annoying. When I noticed that I was judging him, I stopped and asked myself what I was feeling. I discovered that I was embarrassed to be seen with someone who was chewing with his mouth open and loudly blowing his nose. I was astonished to find how much I cared about how the other people in the restaurant perceived me.

Remember that your judgment of someone will not serve as a protective shield against you becoming like him. Just because I judge my lunch partner as rude does not prevent me from ever looking or acting like him. In the same way, extending tolerance to him would not cause me to suddenly begin chewing my food with my mouth open.

When you approach life in this manner, those with whom you have the greatest dissatisfactions as well as those you admire and love can be seen as mirrors, guiding you to discover parts of yourself that you reject and to embrace your greatest quality.

1.The purpose of the author writing this passage is to advise people to _______.

A．avoid inappropriate manners

B．judge others favorably in any case

C．pay attention to others’ needs and feelings

D．learn tolerance towards others

2.The underlined word “objectionable” in Paragraph 4 has the closest meaning to __________.

A．disgusting B．disappointing

C．discouraging D．disturbing

3.According to the passage, the following statements are all true except ______.

A．The moment we see a stranger, our mind forms an impression of that person.

B．We are easily attracted by someone who is similar to us.

C．Our first judgment of a person mostly comes from our personal opinion.

D．You can’t really love or hate others if they are similar to you.

4.It can be implied from the text that __________.

A．the writer’s first reaction to the man was to judge him as offensive

B．we shouldn’t focus on judging others but should constantly reflect on our own

C．we will need to learn tolerance to co-exist with others

D．the writer didn’t care about other people’s view of him

In a TV ad, a happy housewife is polishing her table so shiny that her smiling reflection _____ on it.

A. has seen B. was seen

C. is seen D. has been seeing

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A“Gap Year”is a period of time when a student takes a break before going to university．It is often spent travelling or working．1.．The advantages of taking a gap year are as follows：

2.．Although you don’t have to go abroad to experience gap years，most gap year students catch the chance to travel abroad．You are able to work out who you are and what you are for．The experiences of different cultures offer you interesting lessons．

Face Challenges and Have Fun．A gap year is not only a time to take a vacation，but also a time to face challenges．Gap year students usually work，volunteer or take service projects．You have to learn how to get along in the real world．This process isn’t always easy，but it is an important part of growing up．3. ．

Save Money and Improve Your College Admission Chances．There’s a common thought that gap years are only for rich students，but it isn’t true．4.．Gap year students often take a part-time job．Besides，at the end of a gap year，students are much more likely to know what to study in college．Clear learning goals can keep the students working hard instead of wasting time and money playing．

Imagine an admission officer trying to admit only one between two students．Both of them are excellent and have high grades．However，one student has much practical experience or has volunteered in his vacation．5.

A．Make full preparations for the gap year．

B．Only in this way can you enjoy life and have fun．

C．Actually，taking a gap year can save your money．

D．Who do you think the admission officer will choose?

E．It can give young people useful learning experiences and new skills．

F．Challenges always come first before fun．

G．Learn about the World and Yourself.

The door _____ open, no matter how hard she pushed.

A. shouldn’t

B. couldn’t

C. wouldn’t

D. mightn’t

Tom will succeed ______your property(财产) after your death, but I don’t think he is_____success．

A．in; / B．at; a

C．to; a D．from; a

Using too much water or throwing rubbish into our rivers are clear ways that humans can put our water supply in danger, but we also affect our water supply in less obvious ways. You may wonder how paving (铺砌) a road can lead to less useable fresh water. A major part of the water we use every day is groundwater. Groundwater does not come from lakes or rivers. It comes from underground. The more roads and parking lots we pave, the less water can flow into the ground to become groundwater.

Human activity is not responsible for all water shortages (短缺)．Drier climates are of course more likely to have droughts (干旱) than areas with more rainfall, but in any case, good management can help to make sure there is enough water to meet our basic needs.

Thinking about the way we use water every day can make a big difference, too. In the United States, a family of four can use 1.5 tons of water a day! This shows how much we depend on water to live, but there's a lot we can do to lower the number.

You can take steps to save water in your home. To start with, use the same glass for your drinking water all day. Wash it only once a day. Run your dishwasher (洗碗机) only when it is full. Help your parents fix any leaks in your home. You can even help to keep our water supply clean by recycling batteries instead of throwing them away.

1.Which of the following is most likely to lead to less groundwater?

A. Using river water.

B. Paving parking lots.

C. Throwing batteries away.

D. Throwing rubbish into lakes.

2.What can be inferred from the text?

A．It takes a lot of effort to meet our water needs.

B．All water shortages are due to human behavior.

C．There is much we can do to reduce family size.

D．The average family in America makes proper use of water.

3.The last paragraph is intended to ________.

A. show us how to fix leaks at home

B. tell us how to run a dishwasher

C. suggest what we do to save water at home

D. prove what drinking glass is best for us

4.The text is mainly about ________.

A. why paving roads reduces our water

B. how human activity affects our water supply

C. why droughts occur more in dry climates

D. how much we depend on water to live

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