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【題目】Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate their birthdays in different ways. Now here are four people from different countries. They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in their countries.

Sandy comes from Madrid(馬德里) . She says happily, “My 21st birthday is on Saturday, and I’m going to go out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull on my ear 21 times, once for each year. It’s an old custom. Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional.”

Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow. In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki(花甲)—it’s the beginning of a new life. The color red is for a new life, so we always give something red for a sixtieth birthday.

Liu Mei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, “Tomorrow is my 16th birthday. It’s a special birthday, so we’re going to have a family party. Maybe I will get some lucky money from my relatives(親戚). My mother is going to cook noodles for a long life.”

Phillip, from Paris, smiles to us, “I’m going to be thirty next week, so I’m going to invite three very good friends out for dinner. In France, when you have a birthday, you often invite people out.”

How do you usually celebrate your birthday?

【1】Sandy’s friends will pull on her ear ____ on her birthday.

A. once B. twice C. 21 times D. we don’t know

【2】Kanreki is on everyone’s ____ in Japan.

A. 16th birthday B. 14th birthday

C. 30th birthday D. 60th birthday

【3】Perhaps Mr. Sato will receive ____ on his 60th birthday.

A. some red flowers

B. some lucky money

C. a white shirt

D. a pair of black leather shoes

【4】 Liu Mei will eat ____ for a long life on her birthday.

A. rice B. noodles C. dumplings D. birthday cakes

【5】Phillip will celebrate his thirtieth birthday by ____.

A. eating out for dinner with his friends

B. pulling on the ear of his friends

C. cooking noodles

D. receiving some lucky money

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了世界上不同國家人們過生日的一些習(xí)俗，讓我們了解了燦爛的世界文化之一麓。

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：桑蒂的朋友在她生日要扯她的耳朵多少次？A. once，一次；B. twice，兩次；C. 21 times，21次；D. we don’t know，不知道。根據(jù)第2自然段，馬德里人祝福生日是每歲扯一次耳朵，Sandy今年21歲，故要扯她的耳朵21次。因此，正確選C。

【2】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：Kanreki在日本是多少歲生日？ A. 16th birthday16歲生日；B. 14th birthday，14歲生日；C. 30th birthday，30歲生日；D. 60th birthday，60歲生日。Kanreki花甲，和中文的意思一樣，是60歲的意思，故選D。

【3】A 理解推斷題。佐騰可以在六十歲生日會收到什么？A. some red flowers ，一些紅花；B. some lucky money，一些幸運的錢；C. a white shirt，一件白襯衫；D. a pair of black leather shoes，一雙黑色的皮革。根據(jù)短文第3自然段，60歲－花甲，在日本看作是新的生活的開始。用紅色象征新的生活，人們總是送一些紅色的東西。由此可以推斷出，人們會送給他一些紅花。故選A。

【4】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。劉梅在她生日會吃什么來象征長壽？A. rice，米飯；B. noodles，面條；C. dumplings餃子；D. birthday cakes，生日蛋糕。劉梅是中國人，中國人生日這一天吃長壽面象征長壽。故選B。

【5】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Phillip 將會通過哪種方式慶賀30歲生日？A. eating out for dinner with his friends，和朋友一起外出吃飯； B. pulling on the ear of his friends，和朋友一起扯耳朵；C. cooking noodles煮面；D. receiving some lucky money，收幸運錢。根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第2自然段，Phillip是巴黎人，法國人生日經(jīng)常請朋友外出吃飯。故選A。