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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.