Question

Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate (慶祝) their birthday in different ways. Now here are the four people from different countries. They will tell you how they celebrate their birthday in their countries.

Sandy Morison comes from Madrid(馬德里). He says happily, “My twenty-first birthday is on Saturday, and I’m going out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull on my ears 21 times, one for each year. It’s an old custom（習俗）. Some people pull on my ear just once, but my friends are very traditional（傳統(tǒng)的）.”

Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow. In Japan the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki-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. Mr. Sato says, “What am I going to give my husband? I can’t say. It’s a surprise!”

Li Xiaomei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, “Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday. It’s a special birthday, so we’re going to have a family party. I’m probably going to get some money in ‘lucky’ envelopes（信封）from my relatives（親屬）. My mother is going to cook noodles—noodles are for a long life.

Philips Evan, from Paris, smiles to us, “I’m going to be 30 next week, so I’m going to ask three very good friends out to dinner. In France, when you have a birthday, you often ask people out. In some countries, I know it’s the opposite –people take you out.

1.________	City	Age	Activity
Sandy Morison	Madrid	21	Pulled on ear 21 times
Sato	Tokyo	2._____	Given something red
Li Xiaomei	Beijing	16	3.Eat _________
Philip Evan	4.__________	30	Ask friends out to5._______

 

Answer 1

1.Name

2.60

3.noodles

4.Paris

5.dinner

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是不同的人在過生日的時候方式是不一樣的，這篇短文告訴了我們來自不同國家的四個人打算怎樣度過自己的生日。

1.這篇短文講述了來自不同國家的四個人是怎樣度過自己的生日的，根據(jù)表格中這一欄下面的內(nèi)容可知，這里是短文中講述的四個人的名字，故這里應該填Name。

2.根據(jù)短文第三段中Mr. Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow.可知，Sato先生馬上要過他的60歲生日了，所以他應該是60歲了。故填60。

3.根據(jù)短文第四段中My mother is going to cook noodles—noodles are for a long life.可知，李曉梅馬上要過16歲的生日了，她的媽媽會給她做長壽面吃。故填noodles。

4.根據(jù)短文最后一段中Philips Evan, from Paris, smiles to us……可知，Philips來自巴黎，故這里應該填Paris。

5.根據(jù)短文最后一段中“I’m going to be 30 next week, so I’m going to ask three very good friends out to dinner.可知，在Philips30歲生日的時候，他想邀請他的朋友們出去吃飯。故這里填dinner。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。