高一年级开学考试英语试卷
第二部分 阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）
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Unusual Ways to Ring In the New Year
Denmark: Smashing plates
If you came out of your front door to find a lot of smashed (破碎的）plates, you might be a bit confused. But that’s exactly what people in Denmark hope to find after midnight, as it means good luck. So, if you were Danish, you might go and smash a plate on a friend’s doorstep to bring good luck to him or her over the next 12 months.
Finland: Fortune telling with metal
In countries, including Finland, there is a tradition of melting a special metal and then dropping it into cold water. The metal will form a shape when it cools. People then try to read the shape of the metal that tells them something about their future. For example, if it makes the shape of a flower, it could mean the person will have an unknown admirer in the next year.
