a)goodbye to the old year
b)to take more exercise
c)of the Roman New Year
d)and look forward to the future
e)and at different time of the year
f)bread, money and coal


Different countries celebrate New Year in different ways –
(8)______________! The Chinese New Year is in late January or February, the Jewish New Year is in the autumn, and most Indian people celebrate New Year in the spring. But in many parts of the world, 1 January is New Year’s Day. This is the original date (
9)__________ . Although the new year starts on 1 January in many countries, it starts at different times because of international time zones; forexample, the new year in Australia starts ten hours earlier than in Britain.People all over the world have parties on 31 December, New Year’s Eve. At midnight, they hold hands and sing Auld Lang Syne. The famous song, by the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, says we should remember the past (
10)_____________ .The Scottish have the best New Year celebrations in Britain,
and New Year’s Eve has a special name in Scotland, Hogmanay. People celebrate with bonfires and fireworks, and in some towns they burn an old boat to say (
11) ________________. Many people in Scotland go and visit their friends after midnight, early on 1 J
anuary. They believe that the first person
whoenter
sthe home on New Year’s Day can bring
good luck. This person should carry presents:(
12) ______________, so the family are not hungry, poor or cold in the new year.
People everywhere have hopes for the n
ew year, and some make a list of New
Year resolutions: things they want to do better in future. For example, they promise
to be tidier, to work harder (
13) _____________. But sometimes their resolutions don’t last very long!