【题目】任务型阅读。
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 shoes by the fireside. | Their shoes will be filled with gifts by Saint Basil. |
Jews | People _____【3】_____ New Year Bread to remind of harvest time. | |
Japan | People wear their new clothes. Homes are decorated with bamboos. | Symbols of long life |
European__【4】__ | People attend church services _【5】___ visiting friends and relatives. |
【题目】综合填空 根据短文内容, 用所给单词的适当形式将短文补充完整。每词只能用一次,有一个为多余。
under, ask, his, here, tidy, my |
Hello, I’m Alice! 【1】_________ is my room. It’s tidy. Look! My books and tapes are in the bookcase. My schoolbag is on the desk. What’s that 【2】______ the desk? Oh, it’s a baseball, but it’s not 【3】__________. It’s my brother’s. My brother Jack is not【4】___________. His things (东西) are everywhere. Look! The black jacket is his. It’s on my bed. “Where are my books? Where are my keys? Where’s my schoolbag?” he always【5】 _________.