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In all these cultures, there is a practice of making noise. People made noise in ancient times to drive away the evil spirits (妖精) from their homes. Today making noise is more of a custom than a religious rim
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' whistles, sing songs, and kiss each other. A favorite Scottish song which everyone sings together is Auld Lang Sync. The words tell of old friends and good times.
In all cultures, New Year's Day is a time when people think of new beginnings. They want to make the coming year better than the last one. Many people in the United States make New Year resolutions. These are specific promises that they make to improve their behavior, change their habits, and become better people. There are many jokes about how a person keeps his or her New Year resolutions.
In ancient times, the practice of making noise was meant ______.

A. to keep the evil spirits away
B. to have fun
C. to celebrate the coming of the new year
D. to keep to a custom

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Vitamins are organic compounds necessary in small amounts in the diet for the normal growth and maintenance of life of animals, including man.
They do not provide energy,【21】do they construct or build any part of the body. They are needed for【22】foods into energy and body maintenance. There are thirteen or more of them, and if【23】is missing a deficiency disease becomes【24】.
Vitamins are, similar because they are made of the same elements--usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and【25】nitrogen. They are different【26】their elements are arranged differently, and each vitamin【27】one or more specific functions in the body.
【28】enough vitamins is essential to life, although the body has no nutritional use for【29】vitamins. Many people,【30】, believe in being on the "safe side" and thus take extra vitamins. However, a well-balanced diet will usually meet all the body's vitamin needs.
(36)

A. either
B. so
C. nor
D. never

Colors Associated with Feeling and Attitudes
We all associate colors with feeling and attitudes. In politics dark blue often means" tradition", and red means "social change". But blue can also mean sadness (I'm feeling blue ), white is often for purity, although in China white is worn for funerals, and red is used to express the joy of a wedding, in Western Europe white is worn at weddings and black for funerals. Advertisers are aware of the importance of selection colors according to the way people react to them. Soap powders come in white and light blue packets (clean and cold, like ice ); cereals often come in brown packets (like wheat fields ), but cosmetics never come in brown jars (dirty !).
Where do these ideas come from? Max Luscher from the University of Geneva believes that in the beginning life was dictated by two factors beyond our control: night and day. Night brought passivity, and a general slowing down of metabolism (新陈代谢); day brought with it the possibility of action, and increase in the metabolic rate, thus providing us with energy and initiative. Dark blue, therefore, is the color of quiet and passivity, bright yellow the color of hope and activity.
In prehistoric times, activity as a rule took one of two forms: either we were hunting and attacking, or we were being hunted and defending ourselves against attack. Attack is universally represented by the color red; self-preservation by its complement green.
In Luscher's view, the association of colors with feeling and attitudes can be traced back to______.

A. the association of day and night with passivity and action in ancient time
B. the association of black with funerals in Western Europe
C. the association of white with purity in some countries
D. the association of red with joy in China

Dyslexic people often turn out to be intelligent or creative once they have learned to handle language properly.

A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned

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