Question

Children a11 over the world like to celebrate their birthdays．American children are the same．They usually celebrate with a party．They ask their friends to their parties They don’t have the party on the right date of their birthday if it comes on a school day．They may hold it at the weekend then．

Today many children like two kinds of parties．One is at home．Parents make the house beautiful with balloons and coloured paper．They make a birthday dinner．The children play games．The other kind is away from home Some are at a restaurant．The children eat pizza and ice cream The waiters also sing and say happy birthday to the children．Other parties are at a park or at a cinema．or in some other places．

There is a cake with candles at every birthday party．There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy’s or girl’s age．When the candles are lighted，everyone sings the birthday song：

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU．

Birthday parties change．Many people don’t have them when they are not young．They say they would like to forget how old they are．But they do like to keep the happy birthday parties of their childhood in mind．

1.If Tom’s birthday is on October 29th，Wednesday, he may have the party on .

A. October 29th B．October 28th

C．November 1st D．November 3rd

2.On Tom’s birthday ,who usually makes a big dinner for the children at home?

A．Tom． B. His friends

C．His teachers． D．His parents

3.The Chinese for“waiters”may be ．

A．服务员 B．老板 C．等候的人 D．亲戚

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A．Birthday Parties in China

B．Birthday Parties in the World

C．Birthday Patties in America

D．Birthday Presents for Children

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析： 全世界的孩子们都庆祝他们的生日。美国的孩子们也是同样的。他们庆祝生日，邀请他们的朋友，生日聚会不可能在校园上课期间举办，因此他们可以在周末举办。同时还介绍了其他的一些类似的活动方式。

1. They don’t have the party on the right date of their birthday if it comes on a school day．They may hold it at the weekend then．句意：如果在学校上学的日子，他们是不能举办这个聚会的。他们可以在周末进行。结合选项，十一月一日是星期六，因此第三项符合。故选C

2. make the house beautiful with balloons and coloured paper．They make a birthday dinner．句意：父母们用汽球和彩带使房间漂亮。他们做生日餐。因此说明是父母们准备一个大餐。故选D

3. 这个单词在中文中的意思可能是什么？联系原文：The other kind is away from home Some are at a restaurant．句意：另一种方式不在家中而是在饭店。因此为孩子们工作的人是服务员。故选A

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考点：社会现象类短文阅读。