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    How do other countries celebrate New Year's Day? Here are some of the special traditions for the holidays.

Brazil     In Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, New Year's Eve is all about lucky underpants. People wear red ones if they're looking for love and yellow if they want to get some extra cash.

Finland     To celebrate the new year, some Finnish people throw molten(融化的)tin into boxes of water. When they see the hard tin, people look at its shape to see how the coming year will go.

Panama     Panama gets a bit special with its celebration - burning pictures of famous people. The idea is that the pictures means the old year; burning them leads the way into the new one.

Belarus     On New Year's Eve, unmarried women take part in a game in which lots of corn is placed in front of each woman. People set a rooster free and it will go to one of the young women's corn. It is believed that this lucky young woman will be the first to marry in the coming year.

1. （1） In Panama, people burn the pictures of ______________ on holiday.

   A . the old year B . the famous people C . the lucky woman D . the strange model
3. （2） We can probably find this passage in a book about ______________.

   A . sports B . music C . culture D . education
5. （3） The author is trying to tell us ______________.

   A . his favor to New Year's Day B . some boring stories of New Year's Day C . his plan to go to some special countries D . some special traditions for New Year's Day