Question

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 someone who lives in the house is having a birthday. Parents 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 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 birthdays for girls and the fifth for boys.

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

1.When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, you an 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.children’s birthdays in western countries.

D.The importance of children’s birthdays.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题解析：本文大意：世界各地都会庆祝生日，多数是同样的方式，但也有一些方式是不同的。丹麦把旗子插在过生日的人家窗外；印度穿彩色衣服，给同学发巧克力；日本穿新衣服；荷兰收到特别的礼物，把花放在过生日的孩子的椅子上。

1.A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in the house is having a birthday.窗外飘着的旗子说明住在房子里的某人在过生日，可知选C

2.Holland，The family also put flowers on the birthday child’s chair to make it beautiful.荷兰，家人也把花放在过生日的孩子的椅子上让椅子好看，可知选D

3.India，on their birthday children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolates to everyone in the class.印度，在生日时，孩子们穿彩色的衣服上学，给班里的每个人发巧克力，可知选A

4.These are the third and seventh birthdays for girls and the fifth for boys.是女孩的三岁和七岁生日，男人的五岁生日，可知选C

5. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays但也有不同的庆祝生日的方式，可知选B

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