In most countries New Year's Day is a very important day. Many people celebrate it together. But the real celebration for New Year happens on the night before--on New Year's Eve. There are a few interesting customs in the west countries, and there are a lot of differences from country to country.

　　Christmas is a family get-together, and New Year for some people is a time to be with friends. People in many countries often hold parties to welcome New Year. A lot of food and drink are usually ready before the parties. People like dancing to wait for the coming of New Year.

　　At midnight（午夜）, people often say “Happy New Year!” to each other. People's favourite drink is champagne（香槟酒）during the parties. In many western countries fireworks（烟火）are let off at midnight. Many people like to make noise, maybe they think the noise can drive away bad spirits（幽灵）. One famous Scottish（苏格兰的）song is often sung at New Year. That's Auld Lang Syne（友谊地久天长）.

(1) People often have great celebrations for New Year on ________.

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A．New Year's Day

B．the night before New Year's Day

C．the night after New Year's Day

D．the night before New Year's Eve

(2) In many countries people often ________ to welcome New Year.

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(3) The phrase “let off” in the passage means ________.

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(4) People let off fireworks at midnight, because they think ________.

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A．it makes people warm

B．it makes sky light

C．noise maybe drive away bad spirits

D．noise makes people sad

(5) The main idea of the passage is about ________.

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A．western people like dancing before New Year's Eve

B．how people in west countries spend their New Year's Eve

C．western people like letting off fireworks before New Year's Eve

D．what western people do after New Year's Eve

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know who wrote this song and for whom it was written? Let me tell you a story. About one hundred years ago, there was a girl called Kate in the USA. She loved children very much and wrote many songs for children. One of them was the song Good Morning To You. The song was very popular at that time among children, but not all grown-ups ( 成年人 ) knew it.

The girl was very poor. Once her friends invited her to a little child's birthday party. She felt happy but sad because she had no money to buy a present for him. Finally she decided to sing the song Happy Birthday. in the melody (曲调) of Good Morning to You for the little boy. When her friends heard the song at the party, they were very happy. "How wonderfully she is singing! We have not heard this song before. It's a special present," said someone. And they learned to sing it together. Later, the song became very popular throughout the world. People like it because it's simple and friendly. 

判断下列句子是否与短文内容相符，相符的填“T”，不相符的填“F”。

1.Happy Birthday is a old song. Nobody knows who wrote the song Happy Birthday.

2.The song Happy Birthday is a song from America.

3.The melody of Happy Birthday comes from the melody of Good Morning to You.

4.The girl first sang the song for a little child as a birthday present.

5.The girl knew the song would be popular before she came to the party.