二、短文填空
阅读短文,在空格处填入一个适当的单词或括号中单词的正确形式。
People in different countries welcome the new year in different ways.
In the Czech Republic (捷克共和国), at the New Year's Eve party, people will cut (1) ______ apple in half to see how the year ahead might look. If the apple's core (果核) (2) ______ (look) like a star, everyone will be happy and (3) ______ (luck) in the coming year; if the core is in the shape (形状) of a cross, someone at the party may get ill. In Spain, people start the new year by (4) ______ (eat) 12 grapes when the clock strikes 12 at midnight. Many people think this can bring (5) ______ (they) good luck in the year ahead. In Japan, people welcome the new year (6) ______ a quiet way. They often eat (7) ______ (noodle) near midnight. This is for a long (8) ______ healthy life. Early in the next morning, some families will go mountain (9) ______ (climb). They enjoy watching the (10) ______ (one) sunrise of the new year.

(1) an
(2) looks
(3) lucky
(4) eating
(5) them
(6) in
(7) noodles
(8) and
(9) climbing
(10) first

(1) 根据语境，此处表示切一个苹果，apple以元音音素开头，故填an。
(2) 主语the apple's core为第三人称单数，且句子时态为一般现在时，故填looks。
(3) 根据and前的happy可知，此处应填形容词lucky，与happy并列作表语。
(4) by为介词，后接动词-ing形式，故填eating。
(5) 动词bring后接宾格形式，they的宾格为them。
(6) in a...way为固定搭配，表示“以……方式”，故填in。
(7) noodle为可数名词，此处表示泛指，且前面没有限定词，故用复数形式noodles。
(8) 根据语境可知，此处表示长寿和健康的生活，long和healthy为并列关系，故填and。
(9) go mountain climbing为固定搭配，表示“去爬山”，故填climbing。
(10) 根据语境可知，此处表示新年的第一次日出，应用序数词first。