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How
do other countries celebrate New Year's Day? Here are some of the special
traditions for the holidays.
Brazil
In
Sao Paulo, Brazi's largest city, New Year's Eve is all about lucky
underpants. People wear red ones if they're looking for love and yellow if
they want to get some extra (额外的)cash.
Finland
To
celebrate the new year, some Finnish people throw molten(融化的)tin into boxes of water. When they see the hard tin, people look
at its shape to see how the coming year will go.
Panama
Panama
gets a bit special with its celebration - burning pictures of famous people.
The idea is that the pictures means the old year; burning them leads the way
into the new one.
Belarus
On
New Year's Eve, unmarried women take part in a game in which lots of corn is
placed in front of each woman. People set a rooster free and it will go to
one of the young women's corn. It is believed that this lucky young woman
will be the first to marry in the coming year.
(1)
In Panama, people burn the pictures of ________on holiday.
A . the old year
B . the famous people
C . the lucky woman
D . the strange model
(2)
We can probably find this passage in a book about _____________.
A . sports
B . music
C . culture
D . education
(3)
The writer is trying to tell us __________________.
A . his favor to New Year's Day
B . some boring stories of New Year's Day
C . his plan to go to some special countries
D . some special traditions for New Year's Day
答案: B
C
D