Question

  The tradition of birthday parties started 1 ago. There are some traditions that you can find almost anywhere，anytime，such as 2 birthday cards，blowing out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the Happy Birthday song. 3 are only found for certain ages and in certain countries.

  In China, on a child's second birthday, family members put many things on the floor 4 the child. According to Chinese tradition, the first thing that the child 5 tells you what profession the child will choose later in life.

  For Japanese children, the third, fifth and seventh birthdays are especially 6  7 this age,there is a special celebration Shichi-Go-San (seven,five,three in Japanese) when children go to the temple 8 a new kimono(和月I) . The priest(^曾) gives them special sweets, and the parents usually 9 a party for their friends in their home.

  In Argentina, Mexico and several other Latin American countries, girls have a special birthday

celebration when they 10 the age of fifteen. After a special ceremony(仪式) ，the girls11 a waltz with their father and other boys.

  Eighteen is the traditional "coming of age"，the age when (in many countries) you have the right to vote(选举) ，  12 the army and (in Britain) drink alcohol or buy a house.

  In many English-speaking countries, a twenty-first birthday cake often has a key 13   ，or the cake itself is 14 in the shape of a key. The key means that the young person is now 15 to leave and enter the family home at any time they want to.

(   ) 1. A. once    B. some time    C. a short time    D. a long time

(   ) 2. A. sending    B. making    C. exchanging    D. buying

(   ) 3. A. Other    B. Others    C. Anything    D. Something

(   ) 4. A. for    B. to    C. around    D. on

(   ) 5. A. picks up    B. picks it up    C. knows    D. buys

(   ) 6. A. important    B. interesting    C. fantastic    D. useful

(   ) 7. A. To    B. For   C.In       D. At

(   ) 8. A. put on    B. have    C. wearing    D. wear

(   ) 9. A. hold    B. join    C. take part in    D. go to

(   ) 10. A. reach    B. get    C. arrive    D. have

(   ) 11. A. dance    B. sing    C. dancing    D. singing

(   ) 12. A. join    B. joining    C. going    D. take part in

(   ) 13. A. behind    B. on top    C. in the front    D. around

(   ) 14. A. already    B. never    C. some times    D. sometimes

(   ) 15. A. too young    B. not old enough    C. old enough    D. enough old

Answer 1

 l. D 2. A 3. B这里的others代指文中提到的other traditions,其后不能再跟名词。

4. C 5. A 在句中含有一个由that引导的定语从句，关系代词that在定语从句中充当pick up的逻辑宾语。

6.A 7. D at this age是固定短语，表示"在这个年龄的时候"。

8. C句中的wearing a new kimono是现在分词短语作伴随状语。

9. A hold a party是固定搭配，表示"举行一个晚会"，选项C和D都表示"去参加一个晚会"。

10. A reach是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语。

11. A

12. A join和take part in都表示"参加"，但join多指参加某一组织或加人某一团体，而take part in多指参加到某一活动中。

13. B 14. D 

15. C be old enough to do sth.指"足够大……可以去做……"。