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

1. 根据粗略统计,现在的数字是1995年的两倍。

These figures now are　　   double the figures　　   1995.

2. 我没把握预计发生什么,因为我从未看过一部印度电影。你呢?

I’m not　　   what to 　　   because I’ve never seen an Indian film. Have you?

3. 因为这个名字使人联想到,这个乐队有很多力量。

　　    the name suggests, the band　　   lots of energy.

4. 她喜欢她能随着唱的音乐。

She likes music she can sing　　    　　   .

5. 如果你不把你的工作做好,你也许不得不晚些赶上,工作到深夜。

If you don’t do your work well, you　　   have to catch up later, working　　   at night.

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　　In today's world many people seem to be hungry for money. Some of them even lose their lives for it. Money does have its most useful effect（影响）on the poor, but once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn't mean more happiness. If money was everything, all millionaires（百万富翁）would have true love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always true. Nothing else is more pleasant than the three words which are“I love you”. But can love be bought? I afraid not. Love means to give, not to take. To every person, health and long life are probably the most precious （宝贵的）things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is “No”. Of all the longest living people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can't be bought either. In a word, where money is worshiped（崇拜）, money can cause brothers quarrel, lovers to hate, strangers to fight and so on. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make you a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.

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A．Money is everything.

B．Money isn't necessary.

C．Money is important, but not the most important.

D．With no money, with no success.

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A．If you haven't much money, you can't get more happiness.

B．You may live a long life even if you are poor.

C．Every year many people die in the world because their family is poor.

D．If you are rich, you will have less friendship.

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(5)What does the sentence “Love means to give, not to take.” mean in the passage?

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A．爱意味着给你，而不能带走。

B．爱是可以得到的，不要走开。

C．爱意味着奉献，而不是索取。

D．爱是可以索取的，而不必付出。