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As we know, birthdays mean only cakes, presents, and a sweet song--Happy Birthday to You when we think of it.1. , there are different birthday celebrations.

In the west, many birthday traditions come from an old belief 2. bad spirits showed up on a person's birthday. Today, people still get together for birthday parties. But around the world, birthdays 3. (celebrate) in many different ways.

In North America, children get their noses 4. (cover) with butter on their birthdays. Because butter is supposed to make children too slippery (滑的) for bad 5. （lucky）to stick to them. Irish people lift birthday children upside down and hit them 6. (light) on the floor for every year of 7. age. Mexico also has 8. unique birthday tradition. A paper-made animal is filled 9. candy and toys and hung from the ceiling (天花板). The birthday child with his eyes covered then tries to hit the animal with a stick____10.___ it bursts open.

1.However

2.that/which

3.are celebrated

4.covered

5.luck

6.Lightly

7.their

8.a

9.with

10.until

【解析】

试题分析：在各国庆祝生日的方式大不相同。

1.However.

2.在西方，许多生日传统都与古人相信邪灵会在人们生日当天出现有关。分析句式可知，“bad spirits showed up on a person's birthday”为同位语从句，说明名词belief的具体内容，又因为该从句句意、结构均完整，故选用连接词that.

3.birthdays与动词celebrate之间为被动关系，故填一般现在时的被动语态are celebrated.

4.their noses为被动关系，故该空应填cover的过去分词covered.

5.luck.

6.ightly.

7.他们过几岁生日，就把他们往地上轻撞几下。故该空填their.

8.墨西哥也有一个独特的生日传统。tradition为可数名词，该处为泛指，故填冠词a.

9. filled with/ be full of, 故该空填介词with.

10.蒙住眼睛的小寿星拿着棒子使劲地敲那只纸制动物，“直到”这个纸质的动物被敲破。故该空填连词until.

考点：考查学生的阅读能力和基本词汇应用的能力

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