单选题
The celebration of the New Year is the oldest one of all holidays. It was first
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in
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Babylon about 4,000 years ago. New Year"s Day is an
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national holiday, and banks and offices will be closed. Many families have New Year"s Day
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.
Traditionally, it was thought that it could
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the luck they would have
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the coming year by
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they did or ate on the first day of the year. For that reason, it has become common for
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to celebrate the first few minutes of a
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new year in the
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with the family and friends. Parties often last into the middle of the night after the ringing of a new year. It was once believed that the first visitor on New Year"s Day would bring
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good luck or bad luck to the rest of the year. It was particularly lucky if that visitor
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to be a tall dark-haired man.
Traditional New Year"s
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are also thought to bring luck. People in many parts of the US celebrate the New Year by
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black-eyed peas and cabbage. Black-eyed peas have been considered good luck in many cultures. Cabbage leaves are considered a
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of prosperity, being
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of paper currency. Other traditions of the season include the making of New Year"s resolutions. That tradition also
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back to the early Babylonians. Popular modern resolutions might include the
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to lose weight or quit smoking.
The song, "Auld Lang Syne", is sung at the
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of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the New Year. "Auld Lang Syne" literally
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"yearning for the old days."
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是语境推断。本题空白处前后的信息内容，尤其是空白处后面的名词“luck(运气)”提示本题应该选用B(affect影响)，此外本句末尾的信息内容“by what they did or ate(通过人们所做的事和所吃的东西)”也提示本题应该选用B(affect影响)，因为介词“by”所表达的是“通过某种方式或手段去达到某种影响和结果或取得某种目的”。
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是名词性从句。本题的测试重点是“what”引导的名词性从句的用法。本题中的“what they did or ate on the first day of the year(他们新年第一天所做的事和所吃的东西)”是一个what引导的名词性从句充当其前面介词“by”的宾语从句。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是语境推断。本题空白处前后的信息内容提示：本题测试重点是一个动词不定式结构，即“for sb. to do sth.(某人做某事)”，故本题应该选用A(folks人们)，因为名词“folks(人们)”能够与其后的动词“celebrate(庆祝)”搭配使用，并且表达“大家共同庆祝新年这一个节日”的含义。
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是词语的固定使用。本题空白处后面的信息内容“to be...”提示本题应该选用A(happened碰巧)，因为本题的测试重点是“happen to be...(碰巧……)”这一常用固定表达形式。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是语境推断。本题后面一句话中的信息内容“black-eyed peas and cabbage(黑眼豌豆和卷心菜)”提示本题应该选用D(foods食物)，因为这样才能保持前后句的语意连贯。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是一词多义。本句空白处前面的信息内容“New Year"s foods are also thought to bring luck”和本句空白处后面的信息内容“black-eyed peas and cabbage”提示本题应该选用C(consuming吃)，因为这样才能表达谈论“食物(foods)”以及享用“食物”。