Question

  The tradition of birthday parties started 1 ago. There are some traditions that you can find almost anywhere，anytime，such as 2 birthday cards，blowing out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the Happy Birthday song. 3 are only found for certain ages and in certain countries.

  In China, on a child's second birthday, family members put many things on the floor 4 the child. According to Chinese tradition, the first thing that the child 5 tells you what profession the child will choose later in life.

  For Japanese children, the third, fifth and seventh birthdays are especially 6  7 this age,there is a special celebration Shichi-Go-San (seven,five,three in Japanese) when children go to the temple 8 a new kimono(和月I) . The priest(^曾) gives them special sweets, and the parents usually 9 a party for their friends in their home.

  In Argentina, Mexico and several other Latin American countries, girls have a special birthday

celebration when they 10 the age of fifteen. After a special ceremony(儀式) ，the girls11 a waltz with their father and other boys.

  Eighteen is the traditional "coming of age"，the age when (in many countries) you have the right to vote(選舉) ，  12 the army and (in Britain) drink alcohol or buy a house.

  In many English-speaking countries, a twenty-first birthday cake often has a key 13   ，or the cake itself is 14 in the shape of a key. The key means that the young person is now 15 to leave and enter the family home at any time they want to.

(   ) 1. A. once    B. some time    C. a short time    D. a long time

(   ) 2. A. sending    B. making    C. exchanging    D. buying

(   ) 3. A. Other    B. Others    C. Anything    D. Something

(   ) 4. A. for    B. to    C. around    D. on

(   ) 5. A. picks up    B. picks it up    C. knows    D. buys

(   ) 6. A. important    B. interesting    C. fantastic    D. useful

(   ) 7. A. To    B. For   C.In       D. At

(   ) 8. A. put on    B. have    C. wearing    D. wear

(   ) 9. A. hold    B. join    C. take part in    D. go to

(   ) 10. A. reach    B. get    C. arrive    D. have

(   ) 11. A. dance    B. sing    C. dancing    D. singing

(   ) 12. A. join    B. joining    C. going    D. take part in

(   ) 13. A. behind    B. on top    C. in the front    D. around

(   ) 14. A. already    B. never    C. some times    D. sometimes

(   ) 15. A. too young    B. not old enough    C. old enough    D. enough old

Answer 1

 l. D 2. A 3. B這里的others代指文中提到的other traditions,其后不能再跟名詞。

4. C 5. A 在句中含有一個(gè)由that引導(dǎo)的定語從句，關(guān)系代詞that在定語從句中充當(dāng)pick up的邏輯賓語。

6.A 7. D at this age是固定短語，表示"在這個(gè)年齡的時(shí)候"。

8. C句中的wearing a new kimono是現(xiàn)在分詞短語作伴隨狀語。

9. A hold a party是固定搭配，表示"舉行一個(gè)晚會(huì)"，選項(xiàng)C和D都表示"去參加一個(gè)晚會(huì)"。

10. A reach是及物動(dòng)詞，后面直接跟賓語。

11. A

12. A join和take part in都表示"參加"，但join多指參加某一組織或加人某一團(tuán)體，而take part in多指參加到某一活動(dòng)中。

13. B 14. D 

15. C be old enough to do sth.指"足夠大……可以去做……"。