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【题目】任务型阅读

Birthday traditions are different around the world. In the United States children often celebrate a birthday with a party. They give presents and have a taste of cake and ice cream.

Children in Korea celebrate in a different way. They eat seaweed(海带)soup and rice cakes. Koreans serve seaweed soup because it is healthy. Guests to the birthday party may be dressed in traditional clothes called hanbok.

At a birthday party in Canada, children look for a coin in the cake. When the children play party games, the child who finds the coin goes first.

It's said that Germans are the first people to have birthday parties for children by their parents. Parents place a wooden birthday wreath(花环)with candles on the table. They light a tall candle in the middle, the "Life" candle, every year until their child becomes 12 years old.

Different countries	Different 【1】 to celebrate birthday
【2】	一、Have a party and give presents. 二、 【3】 cake and ice cream.
Korea	4. Celebrate in 【4】 way. 5. Eat 【5】 seaweed soup. 6. Have ice cakes and 【6】 traditional clothes.
Canada	11. 【7】 a coin in the cake. 12. Play party games and the child who finds the coin goes 【8】 .
Germany	23. Hold a birthday party by 【9】 . 24. Place a wooden birthday wreath with candles on the table. 25. Light the “Life” candle 【10】 a year until 12.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】ways/traditions

【2】America

【3】Have/Eat/Taste

【4】another

【5】healthy

【6】wear

【7】find

【8】first

【9】parents

【10】once

【解析】

试题分析：你知道孩子们在过生日的时候都有什么样的风俗吗？不同的国家给孩子过生日的风俗是不一样的。短文中作者给我们讲述了美国、韩国、加拿大和德国过生日的风俗习惯。

【1】根据短文大意可知，这篇短文给我们讲述的是不同国家是如何庆祝生日的，因此这里应该填ways方式或者traditions传统。

【2】根据短文中In the United States children often celebrate a birthday with a party. They give presents可知，在美国，孩子们经常举行一个生日晚会，还送礼物。因此这里应该填America。

【3】根据短文中They give presents and have a taste of cake and ice cream.可知，在美国孩子们过生日的时候，品尝蛋糕和冰淇淋。have和eat都有吃的意思；taste 意思是品尝。

【4】根据短文第二段中Children in Korea celebrate in a different way可知，韩国的孩子们庆祝生日的方式是不一样的，即用另外一种方式庆祝，故填another。

【5】根据短文第二段中They eat seaweed(海带)soup and rice cakes. Koreans serve seaweed soup because it is healthy可知，韩国的孩子们过生日的时候喝海带汤，因为它非常的健康。故填healthy。

【6】根据短文第二段中Guests to the birthday party may be dressed in traditional clothes called hanbok可知，去参加聚会的客人们需要穿着韩国传统的服饰。traditional 传统的。

【7】根据短文第三段中At a birthday party in Canada, children look for a coin in the cake可知，在加拿大孩子们过生日的时候，要在蛋糕里寻找一枚硬币。find 发现，找到。

【8】根据短文第三段中When the children play party games, the child who finds the coin goes first.可知，当孩子们在聚会上玩游戏的 时候，找到硬币的孩子先走。由此可知填first。

【9】根据短文第四段中It's said that Germans are the first people to have birthday parties for children by their parents可知，在德国，孩子们过生日的时候，是由父母来举行一个生日聚会。故填parents。

【10】根据短文第四段中They light a tall candle in the middle, the "Life" candle, every year until their child becomes 12 years old.可知，孩子在12岁之前每年都要点亮中间的蜡烛，每年过生日的时候，因此是一年一次，故填once。