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New Year's Eve Cloze Exercise



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Directions: Complete the following story about Christmas by filling in the blanks with the correct words. Some words may be used more than once.

New Year's Eve in America

New Year's celebrations in America always __________ on the night of December 31, __________ Year's Eve. On this night people __________ up until at least midnight so __________ can welcome in the New Year. __________ Year's Eve is celebrated by going __________ parties and making lots of noise, __________ at the strike of midnight. The __________ of making noise at mid-night has __________ roots in ancient days when people __________ that the noise scared away evil __________ that roamed the earth on this __________.

On New Year's Day, it __________ customary for people to eat black-eyed peas because eating black-eyed peas is supposed __________ bring good luck for the coming __________. They also look forward to the __________ year by making new year resolutions. __________ year resolutions are goals that people __________ to achieve during the upcoming year.

__________ Year's day is also __________ time to relax family and friends. __________ Tournament of Roses, a parade in Pasadena, California, is watch by millions of __________, either in person or on television. __________ floats in the Tournament of Roses __________ known for the beautiful flowers that __________ used to make the floats. After __________ parade the most famous college football __________ in America, the Rose Bowel, is __________.



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