Question

【题目】 Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate their birthdays in different ways. Now here are four people from different countries. They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in their countries.

Sandy comes from Madrid(马德里) . She says happily, “My 21st birthday is on Saturday, and I’m going to go out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull on my ear 21 times, once for each year. It’s an old custom. Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional.”

Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow. In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki(花甲)——it’s the beginning of a new life. The color red is for a new life, so we always give something red for a sixtieth birthday.

Liu Mei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, “Tomorrow is my 16th birthday. It’s a special birthday, so we’re going to have a family party. Maybe I will get some lucky money from my relatives. My mother is going to cook noodles for a long life.”

Phillip, from Paris, smiles to us, “I’m going to be thirty next week, so I’m going to invite three very good friends out for dinner. In France, when you have a birthday, you often invite people out.”

How do you usually celebrate your birthday?

【1】Sandy’s friends will pull on her ear ______ on her birthday.

A.onceB.twiceC.21 timesD.we don’t know

【2】Kanreki is on everyone’s ______ in Japan.

A.16th birthdayB.14th birthdayC.30th birthdayD.60th birthday

【3】Perhaps Mr. Sato will receive ______ on his 60th birthday.

A.some red flowers

B.some lucky money

C.a white shirt

D.a pair of black leather shoes

【4】Phillip will celebrate his thirtieth birthday by ______.

A.eating out for dinner with his friends

B.pulling on the ear of his friends

C.cooking noodles

D.receiving some lucky money

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】

本文讲述了每个人都有自己的生日，不同国家的人以不同的方式庆祝他们的生日，这是来自不同国家的四个人并告诉了我们他们是如何庆祝他们国家的生日的。

【1】细节理解题。根据文中“To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull on my ear 21 times, once for each year.”可知朋友们要拉她的耳朵21次，故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据文中“In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki”在日本，60岁被称作花甲，故选D。

【3】推理判断题。根据文中“so we always give something red for a sixtieth birthday”可知要收到红色的礼物，故选A。

【4】细节理解题。根据文中“so I’m going to invite three very good friends out for dinner.”可知他要请他们的朋友们在外面吃饭，故选A。