Question

【题目】Many countries follow special customs when a child’s baby teeth fall out. Many of these customs tell stories about animals taking the teeth.

For example, Koreans have the custom of throwing the fallen tooth onto the roof of a house so that a magpie (喜鹊) can take the tooth away and bring a new tooth for the child. This custom is also followed by some other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam.

Other countries, though, have tooth customs about other animals. In Mexico and Spain, for example, it is thought that a mouse takes a fallen tooth away and leaves some money. But in Mongolia, it is dogs that take children’s teeth away. Dogs are highly respected in Mongolian culture. It is believed that the new tooth will grow strong if the baby tooth is fed to a dog, so parents in Mongolia will put their children’s fallen teeth in a piece of meat and feed it to a dog.

In France and the USA, a child will put a fallen tooth under his or her pillow before going to bed. It is thought that in the early morning, when the child is still sleeping, the Tooth Fairy will take the tooth away and leave something else under the pillow. What she will leave is hard to know. It is said that in France the Tooth Fairy may leave some candies; however, in the United States, she may leave money.

【1】Koreans throw a tooth onto the roof of a house in order to __________.

A. get money B. feed magpies

C. get candies D. get a new tooth

【2】 In Vietnam, if a child’s tooth falls out, he or she will __________.

A. throw it onto the roof of a house

B. feed it to a mouse

C. put it in a piece of meat and feed the meat to a dog

D. leave it to the Tooth Fairy

【3】From the last paragraph, we can know that in France and the USA _________.

A. a child will put his or her fallen tooth beside the pillow

B. the Tooth Fairy takes the fallen teeth away at midnight

C. the Tooth Fairy will leave some candies to the children after taking the fallen teeth away

D. no one knows for sure what the Tooth Fairy will leave to the children after taking the fallen teeth away

【4】The passage is mainly about ___________.

A. customs about fallen teeth in western countries

B. customs about fallen teeth in different countries

C. stories about human teeth

D. stories about some animals

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

【1】D细节理解题。由“Koreans have the custom of throwing the fallen tooth onto the roof of a house so that a magpie can take the tooth away and bring a new tooth for the child”可知，韩国人把掉落的牙齿扔在屋顶上这样喜鹊就能把牙齿衔走，然后带给小孩一颗新牙牙了。因此选D。

【2】A.细节理解题。由“This custom is also followed by some other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam.”可知韩国人的风俗也受到一些如日本越南等亚洲国家的效仿，所以他们也会把牙齿扔到屋顶上，故选A。

【3】D判断推理题。由 “In France and the USA, a child will put a fallen tooth under his or her pillow”可知A错误。由“It is thought that…the Tooth Fairy will take the tooth away”可知B错误，由 “It is said that in France the Tooth Fairy may leave some candies; however, in the United States, she may leave money.”可知在法国牙齿仙女会留下糖果，在美国会留下钱，因此C错误。所以，“没人确定牙齿仙女会留下什么”这个答案符合题意，故D正确。

【4】B主旨大意题。根据文章第一段，以及纵观全文可知，这篇文章主要介绍了不同国家对于脱落牙齿处理的风俗。故选B。