题目内容
Everyone has his own birthday.People celebrate(庆祝)their birthdays in different countries in different ways. Now here are four people from different countries. They will let us how to celebrate their birthdays in their countries.
Sandy Morison comes from Madrid(马德里).He says happily, “My twenty-first birthday is on Saturday, and I'm going to go out with some friends.To wish me a happy birthday, they’re 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--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.Mrs Sato says,”What am I going to give my husband? I can’t say.It’s a surprise.
Li Xiaomei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us,“Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday. It’s a special birthday, so we are going to have a family party.I’m probably going to get some money in ”lucky" envelopes from my relatives.My mother is going to cook noodles---noodles are for along life.”
Phillip Evans,from Paris,smiles to us,”I’m going to be 30 next week,so I’m going to invite three very good friends out to dinner.In France,when you have a birthday, you often invite people out. In some countries,I know it’s the opposite---people take you out.”
判断下列句子是否符合短文内容,符合的用“A”表示.不符合的用“B”表示。
1. People in different countries celebrate their birthdays in the same way.
2. To celebrate her birthday, Sandy is going to pull on her friends,ears.
3.On his birthday, Mr Sato is going to receive something red.
4. Li Xiaomei is going to cook some noodles on her birthday.
5. Phillip is going to take his friends out to dinner on his birthday.
1-5 BBABA
The American expression “shoo-in” means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue about which side will win.
Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win.. The stronger team is a shoo-in. There is no way that it can lose.
The expression “shoo-in” comes from horse racing. It comes from the world “shoo”. That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It’s another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race.
The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such about such race. They began to call the winners of such a race a “shoo-in”
These days, people use shoo into describe any athlete or competition that seems certain to win, even without cheating.
American runner Edewin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the 1984 Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lost. And they were right. He won the gold medal.
阅读上面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案
【小题1】One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because_______.
A.be used to be the best in riding |
B.the pubic had belief in him |
C.he could not control his horse easily |
D.the other riders had agreed to fail in the race |
“Shoo-in” is _________.
A.due to his honest in the races he ran in |
B.duo to his great effort(努力) shown in more than one hundred races |
C.that he won over 100 competitions before the 1984 Olympic Games |
D.that the old meaning of “shoo-in’ had changed |
A.“Shoo-in” came from the word “shoo”. |
B.The US runner Moses was worthy of (配得上 ) a shoo-in. |
C.The public did not know they were being cheated |
D.Some riders bet a lot of money on the chosen horse. |
A.used for anyone or anything that is certain to win a game |
B.used to admire( 钦佩 ) a person who seems to be sure to win a race |
C.A word used to describe a dishonest person |
D.used for any athlete or competitor that too clever to be cheated |
A.who Edewin Moses was |
B.Moses won a lot of races |
C.Moses was the best runners in America |
D.We can use “shoo-in” to describe an excellent runner. |