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Different countries celebrate New Year in different ways, and sometimes on different calendar(历法) days.
In Western countries, people celebrate on the night of December 31st. They go to parties and drink. When the new year comes, people cheer and wish each other happiness. Some people get up early to watch the first sunrise(日出) of the new year. They welcome the new year with its first light.
Many cultures also have special ways to get rid of bad luck at the beginning of a new year. People may throw things into rivers or seas, or say special things. In Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes. At midnight, they burn(烧) it. This means the bad things from the past year go away, and the new year can start again.
There are also traditions to bring good luck. In Spain, people eat grapes for good luck. They believe eating more grapes brings more luck. In France, people eat pancakes. In America, some people eat black-eyed peas. But to get good luck for a whole year, you have to eat 365 of them
() 1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. Why Western people go to parties and drink.
B. Why Western people watch the first sunrise.
C. How Western people welcome the new year.
D. How Western people wish each other happiness.
() 2. What does the underlined phrase "get rid of" mean in the passage?
A. Make something stay.
B. Make something go away.
C. Make something start.
D. Make something come back.
() 3. Why does the writer speak of three foods in Spain, France and America?
A. To show different foods for good luck.
B. To tell which country has the best food.
C. To introduce the delicious food people like.
D. To teach how to make food from other countries.
Different countries celebrate New Year in different ways, and sometimes on different calendar(历法) days.
In Western countries, people celebrate on the night of December 31st. They go to parties and drink. When the new year comes, people cheer and wish each other happiness. Some people get up early to watch the first sunrise(日出) of the new year. They welcome the new year with its first light.
Many cultures also have special ways to get rid of bad luck at the beginning of a new year. People may throw things into rivers or seas, or say special things. In Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes. At midnight, they burn(烧) it. This means the bad things from the past year go away, and the new year can start again.
There are also traditions to bring good luck. In Spain, people eat grapes for good luck. They believe eating more grapes brings more luck. In France, people eat pancakes. In America, some people eat black-eyed peas. But to get good luck for a whole year, you have to eat 365 of them
() 1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. Why Western people go to parties and drink.
B. Why Western people watch the first sunrise.
C. How Western people welcome the new year.
D. How Western people wish each other happiness.
() 2. What does the underlined phrase "get rid of" mean in the passage?
A. Make something stay.
B. Make something go away.
C. Make something start.
D. Make something come back.
() 3. Why does the writer speak of three foods in Spain, France and America?
A. To show different foods for good luck.
B. To tell which country has the best food.
C. To introduce the delicious food people like.
D. To teach how to make food from other countries.
答案：1. C 2. B 3. A
解析：
1. 第二段整体介绍了西方国家迎接新年的各类活动：在12月31日夜庆祝、参加派对饮酒、新年到来时互相祝福、早起观赏新年首个日出，A、B、D选项都只是段落中的局部细节，无法概括整段主旨。
2. 根据后文举例：厄瓜多尔人焚烧旧衣物做的玩偶，寓意过去一年的坏事消散，新年重新开启，可推断"get rid of"的含义是“摆脱、让不好的事物离开”。
3. 最后一段的核心主题是介绍各国祈求好运的传统，后文列举西班牙、法国、美国的特色食物，都是为了展示不同国家用来祈求好运的不同食物，其余选项均不符合原文内容。
2. 根据后文举例：厄瓜多尔人焚烧旧衣物做的玩偶，寓意过去一年的坏事消散，新年重新开启，可推断"get rid of"的含义是“摆脱、让不好的事物离开”。
3. 最后一段的核心主题是介绍各国祈求好运的传统，后文列举西班牙、法国、美国的特色食物，都是为了展示不同国家用来祈求好运的不同食物，其余选项均不符合原文内容。