Question

【题目】 Have you ever heard of half-birthday? It's a day six months earlier before or after your real date of birth. Do you sometimes need an excuse for a celebration? If so, it may happen because your birthday are still a few months away, or because you just want to throw yourself into a celebration, or because you need to get together with your friends.

Half-birthday is often celebrated when some important festivals get in the way of the real birthday. In the US, half-birthdays are often celebrated for children whose real birthdays don't fall in the school year, so giving them the chance to celebrate at school with their friends and teachers.

Half-birthday has become popular all over the world only with the popularity of Harry Potter. As we all know, Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half-birthday on January 29th.

任务 2：阅读短文（B），根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词

c【1】: to show that a day or an event is important by doing sth. special.

e【2】: a reason, either true or invented that you give to explain your behavior.

任务 3：阅读短文（B），进行同义句转换，每空一词

As we all know, Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half-birthday on January 29th.

As 【3】 【4】 to all, Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half-birthday on January 29th.

任务 4：根据短文（B）内容回答问题

What often happens when some important festivals get in the way of the real birthday?【5】.

In the US, with whom do children whose real birthdays don't fall in the school year celebrate their half -birthdays?【6】.

In which month does Harry Potter's birthday fall?【7】.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】celebrate

【2】excuse

【3】is

【4】known

【5】Half-birthday is often celebrated.

【6】Their friends and teachers.

【7】July.

【解析】

本文介绍了“准生日”的风俗。

【1】“to show that a day or an event is important by doing sth. special.”的含义是“通过做某些特殊的事展示一天或者一个活动是重要的”，根据开头字母c可知，这个单词是celebrate，表示“庆祝”。故填celebrate。

【2】“a reason, either true or invented that you give to explain your behavior.”的含义是“一个或许是真相或者是你虚构出来，对一个行为解释的原因”，根据开头字母e可知，这个单词是excuse表示“借口；理由”。故填excuse。

【3】as we all know表示“众所周知”，可以用短语as is known to all，用被动语态。故填is。

【4】as we all know表示“众所周知”，可以用短语as is known to all，用被动语态。故填known。

【5】根据“Half-birthday is often celebrated when some important festivals get in the way of the real birthday.”可知，当一些重要的节日妨碍过生日的时候，通常用“准生日”庆祝。故答案为Half-birthday is often celebrated.

【6】根据“In the US, half-birthdays are often celebrated for children whose real birthdays don't fall in the school year, so giving them the chance to celebrate at school with their friends and teachers.”可知，在美国，“准生日”通常是给那些真正的生日不在学年的孩子，给他们机会能够和朋友，老师一起在学校庆祝。故答案为Their friends and teachers.

【7】根据“As we all know, Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half-birthday on January 29th.”可知，Harry的“准生日”是在1月份，而根据“It's a day six months earlier before or after your real date of birth.”可知“准生日”是在真正的生日的前或者后六个月，因此Harry真正的生日是在7月。故填July.