57．In the west，New Year is also a time when__________________．

      A．friends get together                                  B．friends write to each other

      C．people can have a week’s holiday                 D．people can go from country to country

56．People usually have great celebrations for New Year on__________________．

      A．New Year’s Day                                      B．the night before New Year’s Eve

      C．the night of New Year’s Day                       D．the night before New Year’s Day

C

    There is a one―day holiday in most countries on New Year’s Day．The real celebration（庆祝）for New Year happen on the night before―on New Year’s Eve．There are several interesting customes in the West，and there are many differences from country to country．

    Though Christmas is a family get―together，New Year for someone me is a time to be with

friends too．Parties are most often held to welcome New Year．At such parties，there is food and drink and dancing until the time nears for the coming of New Year．

    At nidnight，people often say“Happy New Year'’to each other．Champagne（香槟酒）is the favorite drink for New Year．In many western countries frieworks（烟火）are set off at midnight and many people like to make a noise，possibly to drive away bad spirits（幽灵）．

    One important song is often sung at New Year-the Scotish（苏格兰）song of Auld Lang Syne

    （good times long ago）．

55．Which of the maps is the correct one according to the passage?

54．What are the problems of living near school?

     A．The busy traffic．                       B．The noise in the street．

     C．Her home is near her school．             D．The noise and the busy traffic．

53．How does Lucy go to school when it rains?

     A．She walks to school then．              B．She rides her bike．

     C．She takes a bus．                        D．She takes a taxi．

52．How far is Lucy's school from her home?

     A．It's twenty minutes by bike．              B．It's about twenty minutes on foot．

     C．It's twenty minutes by bus．             D．It's about ten minutes' walk．

51．Where is Lucy's home?

      A．It's in her school．                       B．It's near a park．

     C．It' s south of her school．                 D．It' s on Xinhua Street．

50．The rich man went to the king with his gold cup and thought______________________．

    A．the king would give him the biggest apple

    B．the king would give him much more money

    C．he would get the apple tree of the poor man

B

     Hello, everyone．I'm Lucy．My school is north of my home．It's in the centre of the town, on Xinhua Street．There is a big park near my school．My school is only about 20 minutes' walk from my home, but if I ride my bike, it just takes ten minutes．So I usually go to school by bike．

     Every morning, I cross a crossroad （ 十字路口） first．Then I ride along Zhongshan Road and take the first turning on the left into Xinhua Street．The school is on my right．So I don' t have to get up too early every morning．And I can also go back home for lunch every day．Sometimes when it rains, I take a bus to school．I get on the bus on Guangming Road and get off at the second bus stop on Xinhua Street．The bus stop is next to our school gate．

    It' s good to live near school, but there are also some problems．The traffic is usually to busy at noon．I have to ride very slowly and carefuly． And I dislike waiting for a long time at the crossroad．It's not an interesting thing to watch so many cars and people on the road． And another problem is that when we have lessons, there is usually too much noise from the streets．

49．The poor man took the biggest apple to the king because_________________________．

    A．he wanted to sell the apple to the king

    B．the king liked to eat big apples

    C．the king had never seen such a big, red apple