完形填空。 New Year's Day is the first day of the year. In modern times, it is 1 1st. It is a time for looking forward and wishing for a 2 year ahead. People welcome in the New Year on the 3 before. This is called New Year's Eve. All over Britain there are parties, fireworks (烟火), singing and dancing, to ring (鸣钟) out the Old Year and ring 4 the New Year. In the 5 days, the New Year 6 with a special custom (习俗) called 'first footing'. It was supposed to 7 good luck to people for the coming year. When January 1st started, people usually waited behind their doors 8 a person with dark hair to 9 . The 10 carried a piece of coal (煤炭), some bread, some 11 and some green plants. These were all for good luck-the coal to make sure that the house would always be 12 , the bread to make sure everyone in the house would have enough food to 13 , money to make sure they would have enough money, and the green plants to make sure that they had a 14 life. The visitor would then take some dust (尘土) out of the house with him-that was saying 15 to the old year. (     )1. A. January (     )2. A. short (     )3. A. morning (     )4. A. in (     )5. A. modern (     )6. A. stopped (     )7. A. bring (     )8. A. to (     )9. A. leave (     )10. A. family (     )11. A. books (     )12. A. warm (     )13. A. pay (     )14. A. hard (     )15. A. goodbye B. February B. long B. afternoon B. out B. old B. finished B. buy B. in B. arrive B. children B. water B. cool B. sell B. poor B. thank you C. March C. busy C. night C. on C. new C. started C. give C. with C. wake C. father C. money C. cold C. eat C. short C. sorry D. December D. good D. week D. at D. right D. waited D. play D. for D. play D. visitor D. flowers D. hot D. drop D. long D. hello