英语任务型阅读：December 31st is the time when the old year dies and the New year,y要说明答案在哪

英语任务型阅读：December 31st is the time when the old year dies and the New year,y要说明答案在哪
It is December 31st,2007,the time when the old year dies and the New Year
is born.
Many Americans have parties at home and invite all their friends.Many of
these events are noisy.People shout and sing.They often blow on small
noisemakers when the New Year arrives at midnight.They kiss their husband or
wife or the person they are with.They dance to music.Other Americans spend a
quiet evening at home .They drink Champagne at midnight to welcome the New Year.
Some people drink too much alcohol at New Year’s Eve celebrations.This can
lead to tragic results if a person drinks too much and then drives a car.The
National Safety Council says hundreds of people die in road accidents during the
holiday.
In recent years,the danger of accidents has resulted in a new tradition
called the “designated driver”.One person among a group of friends drinks
little or no alcohol during New Year’s Eve celebrations.Then this designated
driver can safely drive the other people home.Many American cities also offer
free taxi service on New Year’s Eve to take people home safely.
Other Americans observe the coming of the New Year at events without alcohol.
More than 220 American cities hold these First Night celebrations.Artists in
Boston Massachusetts started the tradition of First Night celebrations.In 1976,
they wanted to observe the coming of a New Year.But they did not want to hold
noisy drinking parties.So they organized music concerts,art exhibitions and
other events to observe the holiday.
How Americans 1.__Observe/Celebrate __ New Year’s Day
Ways to celebrate Celebrations with alcohol Celebrations without alcohol
Places At 2.____home_ At theatre or museum
3.__Ways/Activities_ Drinking partwith4.__friends__Attendingmusic10.__concerts____ or art show
Making very loud noises
Kissing each other
5.__Dancing_________ to music
Problems Many deaths on the road 6.__ resulted_____from drink-and-drive.None
Ways to 7.____ solve/settle_ the problems Making arrangements for someone not to drink so
as to drive others home 8._safely__
None
9.___Offering___ free taxi service to take people home