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New Year's Eve is a time to celebrate and enter the new year with a smile on your face. When I was a kid, the thing I enjoyed most about New Year's Eve was trying to stay awake until midnight. My parents didn't __1__ me to go to bed early, but my heavy eyelids usually  __2__ me well before the new year arrived. When I woke up the next morning, my mum would ask me if I wanted to make a New Year's __3__. I had no   __4__  what it was. After she  __5__  it to me, I said I would try to  __6__  less with my older brother. This got me a(n)  __7__   and a pat on the head from my mum.   __8__， the resolution lasted only until dinnertime, when my brother and I got into a(n)   __9__  about who would set the  __10__.

A New Year's resolution is a decision to do or not to do something in order to  __11__ a personal goal or break a habit. It comes at a time when people __12__ the past year and make an effort to  __13__  themselves as the new year begins.

Like many   __14__， New Year's resolutions have a long and interesting  __15__.

New Year's Day was first celebrated 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylon. Although the Babylonians did not have a written calendar, historians determined that they   __16__  the start of the new year in late March with the arrival of the spring season.

If you would like to make a New Year's resolution this year, there are some  __17__  to consider, for example, volunteer at a church or animal rescue organization.

Remember that it takes work to keep a New Year's resolution. Don't worry if you  __18__  once or twice. If you are  __19__  to what you want to accomplish, you'll be a  __20__  person at the end of the year than at the beginning.

1．est                           B．force

C．demand                              D．forbid

2．ayed                          B．beat

C．surprised                           D．disappointed

3．                              B．guess

C．resolution                          D．comment

4．                              B．opinion

C．thought                             D．idea

5．ed                            B．passed

C．left                                D．explained

6．                              B．talk

C．fight                               D．share

7．laint                         B．blame

C．smile                               D．honor

8．ily                           B．Unfortunately

C．Amazingly                           D．Honestly

9．ment                          B．situation

C．conversation                        D．agreement

10．work                         B．bed

C．table                               D．clock

11．mplish                       B．design

C．create                              D．abandon

12． forward to                  B．look back on

C．look down upon                      D．look out of

13．ove                          B．enjoy

C．entertain                           D．relax

14．ts                           B．places

C．countries                           D．traditions

15．y                            B．meaning

C．history                             D．mystery

16．rved                         B．witnessed

C．fixed                               D．established

17．irements                     B．factors

C．rules                               D．choices

18． up                          B．make up

C．turn up                             D．draw up

19．                             B．devoted

C．grateful                            D．enthusiastic

20．thier                        B．smarter

C．healthier                           D．better

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1.B　根據句意及生活常識可知，孩子平時是要按時睡覺的，但在新年尤其是新年前夕是可以熬夜的，所以父母在這一天不會強迫“我”去早些睡覺。故選B。

2.B　由but可知，此處與上文形成轉折關係，指新年還沒到來，“我”就困了。根據常識可知，我們困了會說眼皮打架了。故選B。

3.C　根據常識可知，新年大人們常要孩子制定新的計劃，故媽媽會問“我”的新年決心；第二段首句中的“resolution”是提示。故選C。

4.D　“我”不知道那是什麼。作為孩子自然不知道新年決心指的什麼。故選D。

5.D　“我”不知道新年決心是什麼，所以媽媽就向“我”解釋。explain sb. “向某人解釋某事”，故選D。

6.C　根據語境可知，既然是向媽媽表決心，肯定是好的行為。所以“少與哥哥打架”符合語境，故選C。

7.C　根據語境可知，“我”說“我”儘量少與哥哥爭執，媽媽拍了“我”的頭，對“我”的新年決心表示肯定，故可推測出媽媽是高興的，C符合題意。

8.B　此處指早晨剛向媽媽表決心，可晚餐時又開始和哥哥爭吵了，因此unfortunately “不幸地”符合題意，故選B。

9.A　不幸的是，決心僅僅持續到晚餐的時候，“我”和哥哥又開始爭論，故選A。

10.C　由語境可知，此處指晚餐時擺餐具，故選C。

11.A　新年決心是為了實現個人目標或改掉習慣而去做什麼或不做什麼，故A符合題意。

12.B　分析後面的賓語是“the past year”，指過去的一年，即回顧過去的一年；對新的一年才用look forward to ... “期待，希望……”，故B符合題意。

13.A　分析句意可知，此處指新年伊始，努力提高自己，故選A。

14.D　分析句意並結合選項可知，此處指新年決心像其他傳統一樣，故選D。

15.C　由下一段中的第一句可知，此處指在新年來臨前夕表達決心的傳統有悠久的歷史，故選C。

16.A　本文主要講述新年的慶祝，此處指巴比倫人在3月末，隨著春季的來臨慶祝新年的開始，observe “慶祝；歡度”，故選A。

17.D　本句中所舉的例子針對新年決心提出了幾個選擇，故D符合題意。

18.A　要堅持新年決心是需要努力的。如果你有一兩次疏忽，不要擔心。slip up “疏忽”，故選A。

19.B　由上文中對新年決心的解釋可知，此處指倘若你專心於你想要實現的新年決心，故選B。

20.D　根據句意可知，如果你專心於你想要實現的新年決心，年底時，你會發現自己比年初更優秀。故選D。

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