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U-PET入学测试 英语 Part 1: Reading Comprehension Read the essay carefully. Answer the questions that follow. 1 point each, 15 total Happy New Years! Today is March 17th. About two and a half months ago, I said Happy New Year! to many of my friends. Slightly more than a month ago, I said the same thing to some other friends. In about four days, Ill relay the same wishes to yet another group of friends. Ill do the same thing in July and then in September. How can that be?, you might be thinking if youre from Western Europe or the Americas . Everyone knows that New Years Day is in January! The answer to the question you mightve posed is that exactly when New Years Day is depends on the calendar--and I have friends who use one or more of five different calendars to keep track of at least part of their lives: January 1st: New Years Day on the Western/international calendar Between January 10th and February 19th in 1996, February 19th : New Years Day on the Chinese calendar China, Korea, and a few other places March 21st: New Years Day on the traditional Persian calendar Iran mid-July usually the 16th : New Years Day on the Islamic Muslim calendar September: New Years Day ecclesiastical on most Eastern Orthodox Church calendars Central and Eastern Europe and, usually, on the Jewish calendar. And these are just the New Years Days that I know about! Actually, there are probably even more! 1、The first time the writer said, Happy New Year! was around January 1st. The second time was on or before _____ . （ ） A February 28th B the middle of March C February 17th 2、The author will say Happy New Year around March 21st to some _____ friends. （ ） A Korean B Persian Iranian C Eastern Orthodox 3、In July, the author will say Happy New Year to a _____ group of friends. （ ） A third B fourth C fifth 4、What is the meaning of the word, “slightly’, used in the first paragraph （ ） A a little B very important C exactly 5、Because the author only said