Question

Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate (庆祝) 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(马德里). 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（习俗）. Some people pull on my ear just once, but my friends are very traditional（传统的）.”

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（亲属）. 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】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是不同的人在过生日的时候方式是不一样的，这篇短文告诉了我们来自不同国家的四个人打算怎样度过自己的生日。

1.这篇短文讲述了来自不同国家的四个人是怎样度过自己的生日的，根据表格中这一栏下面的内容可知，这里是短文中讲述的四个人的名字，故这里应该填Name。

2.根据短文第三段中Mr. Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow.可知，Sato先生马上要过他的60岁生日了，所以他应该是60岁了。故填60。

3.根据短文第四段中My mother is going to cook noodles—noodles are for a long life.可知，李晓梅马上要过16岁的生日了，她的妈妈会给她做长寿面吃。故填noodles。

4.根据短文最后一段中Philips Evan, from Paris, smiles to us……可知，Philips来自巴黎，故这里应该填Paris。

5.根据短文最后一段中“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岁生日的时候，他想邀请他的朋友们出去吃饭。故这里填dinner。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。