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[研究生入学考试题库]考研英语(二)模拟题64 Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions:  Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.  The celebration of the New Year is the oldest one of all holidays. It was first  1 in 2 Babylon about 4,000 years ago. New Years Day is an 3 national holiday, and banks and offices will be closed. Many families have New Years Day 4 .  Traditionally, it was thought that it could 5 the luck they would have 6 the coming year by 7 they did or ate on the first day of the year. For that reason, it has become common for 8 to celebrate the first few minutes of a 9 new year in the 10 with the family and friends. Parties often last into the middle of the night after the ringing of a new year. It was once believed that the first visitor on New Years Day would bring 11 good luck or bad luck to the rest of the year. It was particularly lucky if that visitor 12 to be a tall dark-haired man.  Traditional New Years 13 are also thought to bring luck. People in many parts of the US celebrate the New Year by 14 black-eyed peas and cabbage. Black-eyed peas have been considered good luck in many cultures. Cabbage leaves are considered a 15 of prosperity, being 16 of paper currency. Other traditions of the season include the making of New Years resolutions. That tradition also 17 back to the early Babylonians. Popular modern resolutions might include the 18 to lose weight or quit smoking.  The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the 19 of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the New Year. Auld Lang Syne literally 20 yearning for the old days. 1.A.remarkedB.commentedC.observedD.viewed答案:C[考点] 本题考查点是一词多义。 本题重点测试的是动词“observe”的常用释义之一——“(按传统习惯)纪念、庆祝(节日、生日等)”。动词“observe”的其他常用释义是“观察”、“评论”。 [解析]