Celebrating New Year's Eve is how some people like to draw one year to a close while embracing another. It is traditionally a time to spend with family and loved ones.

Last night in Changsha city, a cheerful festive atmosphere for citizens and tourists were created through a display of colorful, traditional and modern light art.

Changsha has attached a special focus to industrial development on the West Bank of the Xiangjiang River in recent years. Great changes have taken place along east and west banks of the river. People in the northern villages in China celebrated the new year with a series of fun ice activities.

"I am less busy during the winter season, because during the summer we go fishing, pick fruit and go boating on the river. So in winter, when the lake is frozen, I want to have the same fun as when I was a kid, so we go skiing and play the frisbee, to add some entertainment in the countryside," says a villager named Wang Xuewei.

Over in Jiangsu Province, locals there held colourful activities to welcome the arrival of the New Year. A music art feast consisted of traditional opera, while crosstalk was performed to add humour to the evening.

In other cities like Zhenjiang, locals greeted the arrival of New Year in a positive way by running a marathon.

"I really like sports, and I love to run long distances, I gain a lot through running, it's good exercise too," says student named Xu Zhipeng.

Not afraid of the cold? Well, then winter swimming is not a bad idea or can enjoy the local fan dance.

In another village called Sihong, its Bicycle Association volunteers helped clean the city to welcome 2015!

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1.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A New Year celebration activities across China

B Great changes took place in Changsha.

C A marathon in China

D Winter sports in China

解析：选A。A 主旨大意题。从全文可以看出，各地为迎接2015年，采用各种方法来庆贺。

2.Which of the following doesn’t Wang Xuewei do in Summer holiday?

A Fishing

B Boating

C Picking fruit

D Playing frisbee

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据文章第四段第一句“"I am less busy during the winter season, because during the summer we go fishing, pick fruit and go boating on the river.”可知，只有D是在冬天发生的。

3.What sport does Xu Zhipeng like to do?

A Skiing

B Swimming

C Running

D Boating

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第七段第一句“I really like sports, and I love to run long distances,.” 可知。

4.The underlined word consisted of means_________?

A included.

B belonged to

C was shown

D was played

解析：选A。A　词义猜测题。根据第五段“traditional opera, while crosstalk was performed to add humour to the evening.”可知，它的意思为包括，故选A。

5.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A New Year's Eve is a time to spend with family and loved ones.

B People in Changsha celebrated the new year with a series of fun ice activities.

C Wang Xuewei liked to do sports in big cities.

D Some volunteers helped clean the city to welcome 2015.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。 从第四段最后一句“so we go skiing and play the frisbee, to add some entertainment in the countryside," says a villager named Wang Xuewei.”可知。