Birthdays are celebrated all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country---candles, cakes and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:

Denmark A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in the house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child’s bed while he is sleeping so he will see them at once when he wakes up.	India Usually Indian children wear white to school. However, on their birthdays, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolate to everyone in the class. Their best friends help them to do this.
Japan The birthday child wears new clothes to mark the special time. Certain birthdays are more important than others. These are the third and seventh for girls and fifth for boys.	Holland The birthday child receives an especially large present. The family also puts flowers on the birthday child’s chair to make it beautiful.

Birthdays are celebrated all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country---candles, cakes and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:

Denmark A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in the house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child’s bed while he is sleeping so he will see them at once when he wakes up.	India Usually Indian children wear white to school. However, on their birthdays, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolate to everyone in the class. Their best friends help them to do this.
Japan The birthday child wears new clothes to mark the special time. Certain birthdays are more important than others. These are the third and seventh for girls and fifth for boys.	Holland The birthday child receives an especially large present. The family also puts flowers on the birthday child’s chair to make it beautiful.

Birthdays are celebrated all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country---candles, cakes and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:

Denmark A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in the house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child’s bed while he is sleeping so he will see them at once when he wakes up.	India Usually Indian children wear white to school. However, on their birthdays, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolate to everyone in the class. Their best friends help them to do this.
Japan The birthday child wears new clothes to mark the special time. Certain birthdays are more important than others. These are the third and seventh for girls and fifth for boys.	Holland The birthday child receives an especially large present. The family also puts flowers on the birthday child’s chair to make it beautiful.

　　 Birthdays are celebrated all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from country to country: candles, cakes and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:

Denmark

A flag is flown outside a window to show that people in that house are having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child's bed while he is sleeping so he will see them at once when he wakes up.

India

　 Usually Indian children wear white to school. However, on their birthday, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolates to everyone in the class. Their best friend helps them to do this.

Japan

The birthday child wears new clothes to mark the special time, Certain birthdays are more important than others. These are the third and seventh birthdays for girls and the fifth for boys.

Holland

　 The birthday child receives an especially large present. The family also put flowers on the birthday child's chair to make it beautiful.

46. In _______flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child.

　 A. Japan　　　　 B. Denmark　　 　　C. India　　　　　 D. Holland

47. In Japan, the birthday is more important for boys when they are _______.

　 A.15　　　 　　 B.7　　　　 　　　C.5　　　 　　　　D.3

48. The passage is mainly about _______.

　 A. similar ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries

　 B. different ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries

　 C. children's birthdays in western countries

　 D. the importance of children's birthdays

Birthdays are celebrated（庆祝）all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country: candles, cakes, and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:

1. When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, you can see _____ outside the window.

A．flowers           B．presents          C．a flag             D．a chair

2. In _________  flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child.

A．Japan            B．Denmark          C．India             D．Holland

3. In _______, only birthday children wear colored clothes to school.

A．India             B．Holland           C．Denmark          D．Japan

4. In Japan, the birthday is more important for boys when they are ________.

A．15               B．7                C．5                D．3

5. The passage is mainly about __________.

A．similar ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries

B．different ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries

C．how to celebrate the birthdays.

D．Birthdays are celebrated all over the world in the same way.