In New York, hundreds of thousands gathered to witness a huge ball with more than 30,000 lights descend at midnight. This tradition was adopted by The New York Times (after which the square is named) in 1908 to attract crowds to celebrate the paper's new headquarters. The ball has dropped every year since then except during the wartime years of 1942 and 1943. The first ball was made of iron, but now 2,688 crystal (水晶) triangles decorate this lighted ball.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。列举了纽约、罗马以及伦敦等城市不同的庆祝新年的方式。

　　4．We can learn that people in the capital of Great Britain will celebrate the New Year by ________.

　　A．watching fireworks B．jumping into water

　　C．jumping off bridges

　　D．partying on streets

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第三段的“Londoners rang in the New Year ...with dozens of rockets lighting up the night sky.”可知，伦敦人通过观赏大规模的焰火表演的方式庆祝新年的到来，故A项正确。

　　5．The author mentioned the celebration called “Hogmanay” to clarify further that ________.

　　A．the Scots are Vikings

　　B．the Scottish words are traditional

　　C．the display ends with a ship

　　D．the celebrations are varied

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。文章第三段讲到在伦敦人们通过观赏焰火庆祝新年，后面紧接着提到了苏格兰人是通过男人们装扮成海盗进行火炬游行庆祝新年，说明庆祝方式各不相同，故D项正确。

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