January 1st is New Year’s Day. People all over the world ___________ it. On New Year’s Day, there ___________ a one-day holiday in most countries. The real celebration for the New Year always happen ___________ the night before New Year’s Day. There are a lot of interesting customs (习俗) in the West, ___________ there are a lot of differences between the West and the East.

On New Year’s Eve, people __________ have a big dinner with their family or friends. Many people have __________ to welcome the New Year. At ___________ parties, there are all kinds of food and drinks. People always ___________ and dance at the parties.

On New Year’s Eve, when midnight comes, everyone is ___________. people often say “Happy New Year” and “Good ___________” to each other. Most people have a good time on that day!

Once a man went to the sea for his summer holidays. He asked his housekeeper to post him all the letters that he would receive when he was away. The housekeeper agreed to do that. The man had a good rest. A month passed but he received no letters. He thought it strange and rang up his housekeeper.

“Why don’t you post my letters?”

“Because you didn’t give me the key to the letter box.” His housekeeper replied.

The man said sorry and promised to send back the key. A few days later he put the key into an envelope, wrote down his address on it and posted the letter. Another month passed but he did not receive the letters.

When he returned home at the end of the month, he spoke angrily to his housekeeper. “But what could I do?” asked the poor housekeeper. “The key which you posted was in the locked letter box, too.”