根据你所听到的录音内容回答下列问题，短文将读两遍。
（A）
There is something about New Year's Eve．In Scotland the last day of the year is the most important holiday of the winter season，more important than Christmas．On New Year's Eve friends and neighbors go about from house to house drinking to each other's health and wishing good luck．On New Year's Day all shops and factories are closed and no work is done．Families meet together for a big meal and a family party．
In England New Year's Day is not a holiday and people go to work as usual．But on NewYear's Eve mostpeople situp tillmidnight“to see the NewYear in”or they go to parties and dances．Most of the big London hotels have a New Year's Eve dance．
Questions：
21．What did the writer talk about？
22．In which place is the last day of the year more important than Christmas？
23．Are all the shops closed on New Year's Day in Scotland？
24．Do English people go to work as usual on New Year's Day？
25．What do most of the big London hotels have on New Year's Eve？
（B）
Mr Smith loved a beautiful girl．One day the girl told him that the next day would be her birthday．And then，Mr Smith said thathe called a shopkeeper and asked him to send twenty-four roses to the girl．When the shopkeeper was preparing the flowers，he thought，“Mr Smith is a good man．I'll give him ten more roses．”And so he did．
Questions：
26．Why did Mr Smith ask the shopkeeper to send some beautiful flowers to the girl？
27．How old was the girl？
28．Why did the shopkeeper send more roses to the girl？
29．What would the girl feel when she received the thirty-four roses？
30．What can we say that the shopkeeper made after we listened to the story？
参考答案：
21—25 CCABB 26—30 CCDBD
