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Nowroz

Iranian New Year or Nowroz is celebrated on the first day of spring sometime in March. Nowroz ceremonies are symbolic represent ations of good and evil. People sing, dance and parade as in a carnival through the streets with drums and trumpets to spread the news of the coming new year.

Rosh Hashanah

The Jewish New Year is called “Rosh Hashanah”， and is celebrated in the month of September. It is a holy time when people think of the things they have done wrong in the past, and promise to do better in the future. Special prayers are held, and an instrument called a Shofar is played. Children are given new clothes, and New Year loaves are baked and fruits are consumed to remind people of harvest time.

Shogatsu

In Japan, the New Year (Shogatsu)

celebrations are from January 1 to January 3 and most Japanese don’t work during these days. In Japan, years are traditionally seen as completely separate from each other, and the New Year is a fresh start. This means that in December all the duties should be completed. Parties are held to forget the worries and troubles of the old year. Homes and cars are decorated. On New Year’s Eve, most people spend their time with their families.

Muslim New Year

The Muslim New Year falls eleven days earlier than the previous year because the Muslim calendar is based on the movements of the moon. In Iran, people celebrate the New Year in March. As the New Year approaches, Muslims set grains of wheat or barley in small dishes and sprinkle(泼洒)them with water. When the New Year arrives, the growth of the sprouted(发芽的)grains reminds people of spring and a new year of life.

Bahai New Year

The Bahai People have their own calendar consisting of nineteen months of nineteen days plus a couple of extra days between the eighteenth and nineteenth months. They have however adopted the Iranian custom of beginning the New Year in the spring equinox(春分). The day begins at sunset rather than midnight, and the New Year celebrations are held on the evening of March 20th.

29. What will the following paragraph be talked about?

A. The importance of the New Year celebrations.

B. The ceremonies of the New Year celebrations.

C. The activities of the New Year celebrations.

D. The origins of the New Year celebrations.

30. What can we know from the passage?

A. The Japanese often hold family gathering to celebrate Shogastu.

B. The Jewish harvest fruits to celebrate Rosh Hashanah.

C. The Bahai people celebrate their New Year in the daytime.

D. The Iranians often hold family parties to celebrate Nowroz.

31. From the part Muslim New Year, we can know the date of the New Year has something to do with________.

A. the sun B. the moon