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   1   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.  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 than others.” or “I won’t spend so much time playing 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.
小題1:
A．familiarB．sameC．importantD．normal
小題2:
A．IfB．Even thoughC．WhileD．Before
小題3:
A．comesB．turnC．looksD．counts
小題4:
A．loudlyB．quietlyC．sadlyD．safely
小題5:
A．walkB．secretC．jobD．treatment
小題6:
A．put onB．write downC．take awayD．look after
小題7:
A．quicklyB．hardC．harderD．hardly
小題8:
A．itsB．hisC．herD．their
小題9:
A．followB．makeC．doD．give
小題10:
A．byB．forC．withD．from

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:A
小題6:B
小題7:C
小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:B
短文描述了世界各地人們過新年的情景。雖然慶祝的時間不定相同、方式各異，但它是家庭團圓的節(jié)日，是辭舊迎新之時，也是為新的一年做計劃的時候。
小題1:根據(jù)句意，并不是所有國家用同種方式慶祝新的一年，有些國家新年還不在同一日期開始。 連詞and連接兩個并列句，后句中所缺的詞要與前一句中的the same 相呼應。
小題2:句意是：人們在等待新年的時候，還做著其他的事情。這是一個時間狀語從句，
后面動詞是延續(xù)性的，用連詞while。
小題3:迎接新年時，人們在最后幾秒鐘倒著數(shù)數(shù)，count down from 10 to 1。
小題4:在同一秒時間，眾人齊呼，喊聲應該很大，而且歡快，loudly最佳。
小題5:根據(jù)句意，好天氣的時候，一家人出門做的最可能是walk。go out for a walk意思是“去散步”。
小題6:此處意思是：把下決心的清單寫下來。write down意思是“寫下來、記下來”。
小題7:句中有than，是比較級，用hard的比較級形式。
小題8:此句的主語是they，后面的形容詞性物主代詞應該用their，與之匹配。
小題9:此處是向家人和朋友作出承諾。通過上下文可知，是怎樣追隨所下的決心。
小題10:本句運用了此結構，“It is a time (for) sb to do sth”，其中for sb前置。
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