Question

 Different countries celebrate the New Year in different ways. Many countries still follow the lunar calendar(陰歷) ，meaning that their new year often starts in late January or in February. New Year celebrations for some countries (like China,Viet?nam,and Korea) last not one day,but up to two weeks ！

  In the US,many people attend New Year par?ties. They drink,dance,and cheer at midnight.

  In the southern US,many people eat black-eyed peas for good luck in the new year.

  In Mexico and Venezuela,many people wear red or yellow for good luck.

  In Brazil,people wear white clothes for good luck,and in China,they wear red clothes and give children red envelopes with money in them.

  In Iran,people wear brand new clothes on the first day of the New Year.

  In Scotland,people open the front door at mid?night to let in the New Year,and open the back door to let out the old year.

  In Switzerland,people kiss each other three times at midnight.

  In Japan,they ring a bell 108 times to get rid of (除掉) the 108 bad desires.

  In Korea,they ring a bell 33 times for 33 old soldiers (士兵) .

(   ) 1. All the following countries celebrate the New Year for two weeks except        .

    A. Korea   B. Brazil

   C. Vietnam   D. China

(   ) 2. People in        wear red for good luck.

   A.Brazil and China

   B.Brazil and Venezuela

   C.Mexico and China

   D.Iran and Venezuela

(   ) 3. People in Switzerland kiss each other          times at midnight of New Year.

A. three   B. eight   C. ten   D. thirteen

(   ) 4. People in Scotland    ,at midnight of New Year.

   A.eat black-eyed peas

   B.ring a bell many times

   C.wear white clothes for good luck

   D.open the front and back doors

(   ) 5. What is the main idea of the passage?

   A.There are many different countries in the world.

   B.People like to do different things at midnight of New Year.

   C.Different countries celebrate the New Year in different ways.

   D.People like to wear different clothes to celebrate the New Year.

Answer 1

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