Question

【題目】Children all over the world like to celebrate their birthdays. American children are of no difference. They usually celebrate with a party. They invite friends to their birthday parties. The party may not be held on the right date of their birthday if it comes on a school day. It may be held on the weekend instead.

Today two kinds of parties are the most popular. One is held at home. Parents decorate the house with beautiful balloons and colored paper. They prepare a special birthday meal. The children play games. The other kind is held away from home. Some are at a special restaurant. The children eat pizza and ice cream. The waiters, who serve the food, also sing and tell jokes to the children. Other parties may be held at a park, or at a movie theater, or in some other places.

Every birthday party has a cake with candles. There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy’s or girl’s age. When the candles are lighted, everyone sings the special birthday song： Happy Birthday to You.

As Americans grow older, their birthday parties change. In fact, many people stop having them. They say they would like to forget how old they are. Yet they do like to keep the happy birthday parties of their childhood in mind.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank. （每空一詞）

Children in the world like having a birthday party at the time of their birthdays. American children are the ______【1】________ as others. At that time, their friends are _______【2】_________ to the parties and the birthday parties are usually held _____【3】_______ at home or away from home, ________【4】_______ as at a special restaurant, at a park, or at a movie theater, or in some other places. There are candles for every party. ______【5】_________ of them stands for one year of the children’s age. But with the children growing, many people want to forget the birthdays.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】same

【2】invited

【3】either

【4】such

【5】Each

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述了美國孩子如何過生日。他們通常會邀請朋友來參加生日聚會。生日聚會有的在家里舉辦，有的在家外舉辦，例如飯店，公園或者其它地方。每個聚會都會有蠟燭，代表著孩子的歲數(shù)。但孩子長大后，很多人想去忘記生日，忘記年齡。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內容American children are of no difference.美國小孩也沒什么不同，故此處填same,美國孩子和其他人一樣。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內容They invite friends to their birthday parties.他們邀請朋友去他們的晚會，此處填invited，因為句中用了被動語態(tài)。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內容One is held at home.一種就是在家舉辦，The other kind is held away from home.另一種就是在家外舉辦，故此處填either要么，either…or…要么，要么。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。這里列舉了幾個舉辦聚會的地方，此處填such，短語such as例如。

【5】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內容There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy’s or girl’s age.每根蠟燭代表著過生日的男孩或女孩的年齡，此處填each每個。