49.B 细节理解题。根据第5本书的书名和内容提要可知本题选B。
Every culture and every country in the world celebrates New Year,but not everyone does it the same way.The countries of the America and Europe welcome the new year on January the first.This practice began with the Romans.Julius Caesar changed the date of the new year from the first day of March to the first day of January.In the Middle East,New Year is when spring begins.People in China and Vietnam celebrate it on Tet,which is the first day of their calendar based on the moon.Tet usually comes between January 21 and February 19.Rosh Hashana,which is the Jewish New Year,comes at the end of summer.The Hindus in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years.
In all of these cultures,there is a practice of making noise.People made noise in ancient times to drive away the evil(邪恶的,极坏的)spirits from the home.Today, making noise is more of a custom than a religious ritual(例行仪式).Many people do it with fireworks.In Japan,people go from house to house making noise with drums and bamboo sticks.Young people in Denmark throw broken pieces of pottery against the sides of friends,houses.
In the United States, many people stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve to watch the clock pass from one year to the next.Friends often gather together at a party on New Year’s Eve, and when the New Year comes, all ring bells, blow horns, blow whistles sing, and kiss each other.
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