Unit2 Let's celebrate!（B卷·能力提升卷）-【赢在课堂】2023-2024学年新教材高中同步练测卷英语必修2（外研版）

Unit 2 Let's celebrate B卷：能力提升卷 (时间：100分钟满分：120分) 第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some way. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways,and at different times on the calendar. In Western countries,people usually celebrate New Year at midnight on January 1st.People may go to partics,dress in formal clothes-like tuxcdos(and cvening gowns,and drink champagne at midnight.During the first minutes of the New Year,people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead.But some cultures prefer to celebrate the New Year by waking up carly to watch the sunrisc.They welcome the New Year with the first light of the sunrise. It is also a common Western custom to make a New Year's promise,called a resolution.New Year's resolutions usually include promises to try something new or change a bad habit in the New Year. Many cultures also do special things to get rid of bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For cxample,in Ecuador,familics makc a big doll from old clothes.The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers.At midnight,these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the New Year can start afresh (again).Other common traditions to keep away bad luck in the New Year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean,or saying special things on the first day of the New Year. Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck in the New Year.One widespread Spanish tradition for good luck is to eat grapes on New Year's Day.The more grapes a person eats,the more good luck the person will have in the New Year.In France,people eat pancakes for good luck in the New Year.In the United States,some people eat black-eyed peas (for good luck-but to get good luck for a whole ycar you have to cat 365 of them! 1.Which culture celebrates the New Year in the morning? A.Spain. B.France