阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。

The tradition of birthday parties started a long time ago. There are some traditions ______you can find almost anywhere, anytime, such______sending birthday cards, ______out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the ‘Happy Birthday’ song. Others are only______for certain ages and in certain countries.

In China, ______ a child’s second birthday, family members put many things on the floor around the child. According to Chinese tradition, the first thing that the child picks up______ you what profession the child will choose later in ______.

For Japanese children, ______ third, fifth and seventh birthdays are ______important. At this age, there is a special celebration Shichi-Go-San (seven, five, three in Japanese) when children go to the temple wearing a new kimono (和服). The priest (僧侣) gives them special sweets, and the parents usually organize a party for their friends in their home.

In Argentina, Mexico and several______ Latin American countries, girls have a special birthday celebration ______they reach the age of fifteen. After a special ceremony (仪式), the girls dance 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), join the army and (in Britain) drink alcohol ______buy a house.

In many English-speaking countries, a______birthday cake often has a key on top, or the cake itself is sometimes in the shape of a key. The key means that the young person ______ now ______to leave and enter the family home at any time they want to!

1.A. where B. What C. that D. when

2.A. for B. like C. so D. as

3.A. blow B. blowing C. to blow D.blown

4.A. find B. finds C. found D. finding

5.A. on B. in C. at D. to

6.A. telling B. told C. will tell D. tells

7.A. life B. lives C.living D.live

8.A. a B. an C. the D. /

9.A. especial B.especially C. more especial D. most especial

10.A. the other B. another C. others D. other

11.A. when B.before C. since D. because

12.A. and B. but C. or D. so

13.A. twenty-one B. twenty-first C. twentieth-one D. twentieth-first

14.A. has B. was C. have D. is

15.A. old enough B. young enough C. enough old D. enough young

阅读短文,根据短文内容回答下列问题。

Once upon a time, there was a very special little witch (女巫). She was special because she was kind, but she had no idea how to put that kindness into practice. And she couldn’t find anyone to teach her how to do good. So the little witch was sad most of the time.

One day she heard that the old witches were planning to cast a spell (咒语) on a big mountain and turn it into a volcano (火山), which would destroy (破坏) a small town. The good little witch then went to tell the people about this, but they didn’t believe her and threw stones at her.

The little witch ran off, and sat crying at the side of the road. Soon a few children came by. She told them everything. The children told her that doing good was very easy. All you had to do was to help others, do good deeds (做好事) for them.

“And what can I do for you?”, asked the witch.

“You could give us some candies!” They told her, happily. The witch was very worried, because she had no candies, and she didn’t know the spell for making them. But the children didn’t mind, and they went off to play.

The little witch was encouraged (受到鼓励) by this, and decided to help everyone. On her way, she met the old witches casting their spell on the mountain. Some magic words came into her head. Suddenly the fire on the mountain turned into lots of candies and fell onto the town below.

And that’s how the little witch learned how to do good: by sincerely (真诚地) wanting to help others. From that day on, everyone made friends with her, and they called her The Candy Witch.

1.Why was the little witch always sad?

2.What did the old witches plan to do?

3. Who saved the people in the small town?

4.What do you think of the children in the story?

5. How should we do to put kindness into practice?

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