【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 shining red carpet， which will light up the sky as well as reflect in the water below． Berlin is celebrating the New Year with a festive openair party at the Brandenburg Gate． Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend． There will be an international program of live music， light and laser shows， and plenty of food and drink． The spectacular fireworks display starts at midnight on the dot． Finally， more than a million revelers(狂歡者 )are expected at Times Square in New York on New Year’ s Eve． They will take part in the 109yearold tradition of watching the iconic ball drop from atop One Times Square． The famous ball is about 4 meters in diameter， or 1 2feet wide， and weighs close to 5， 443 kilograms， or 12， 000 pounds． It shines because it is covered in 2，688 Waterford crystals(水晶 )． At midnight， revelers will watch the sky above New York City ablaze(發(fā)光 )with fireworks． Some cities will not be celebrating the New Year with fireworks． Belgium cancelled its traditional fireworks display in central Brussels due to fears of the continuing terror threats． 28． The fireworks display in Dubai_________． A． will be held with an openair party B． will go together with laser shows C． will be broadcast live on the Inter D． will be broadcast on a small building 29． Where can we see a word in the sky made of fireworks? A． In Dubai． B． In China． C． In New York． D． In Berlin． 30． If a tourist wants to eat and drink something while watching the fireworks， where should he go? A． Central Brussels． B． The Palm Hotel． C． Times Square． D． Brandenburg Gate． 31． What is the text mainly about? A． Fireworks should be banned due to terror threats． B． The best New Year’ s fireworks in the World． C． Customs of New Year’ s celebrations in the World． D． Different opinions about fireworks displays． D A new African language is helping to reduce tensions and bring young people together in areas previously torn apart by tribal(部落 )violence． And academics are so impressed by the language’s potential that a social media platform promoting it will form the subject of a major presentation at this year’ s eLearning Africa． the continent’ s leading conference on technologyassisted learning， training and development． The language， Sheng， bines Kiswahili， English and a number of Kenyan tribal words，along with a little of Arabic， Hindu， French， German， Spanish and Italian． It was born on the streets of Nairobi， in some of the areas hardest hit by the postelection violence in 20202020． Now a society in Kenya． Go Sheng， is helping to celebrate and promote the language， which is almost generally used by young people so much that it has bee the first language of many young Kenyans in urban areas． The society provides a platform for social dialogues for the language’s growing numbers of speakers． In doing so， it is giving a voice to a powerful alternative culture in Kenya and celebrating the many tribal languages that contribute to Sheng． In turn， this helps to bring some wele cultural harmony and mutual(相互 )understanding to a country， which has too often been divided against itself in the recent past． Go Sheng uses a variety of different means to grow Sheng language and culture． Its most significant achievement， to date， has been the development of a Sheng dictionary， which contains over 3， 900 words and continues to grow rapidly． It functions as a socially driven resource， where registered members can add words or phrases which then get voted for by other members， before being accepted as authentic． Go Sheng also runs a website and various social media channels，which have an online munity of around 15， 000 active participants． 32． What does eLearning Africa usually do? A． Invent new African languages． B． Promote language researches． C． Develop technology learning and training． D． Help people learn and develop with technology． 33． What is the most successful work done by Go Sheng? A． Developing a Sheng dictionary． B． Working as a resource to identify words． C． Bringing cultural harmony and better understanding． D． Running a w