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【題目】 Have you ever heard of half-birthday? It's a day six months earlier before or after your real date of birth. Do you sometimes need an excuse for a celebration? If so, it may happen because your birthday are still a few months away, or because you just want to throw yourself into a celebration, or because you need to get together with your friends.

Half-birthday is often celebrated when some important festivals get in the way of the real birthday. In the US, half-birthdays are often celebrated for children whose real birthdays don't fall in the school year, so giving them the chance to celebrate at school with their friends and teachers.

Half-birthday has become popular all over the world only with the popularity of Harry Potter. As we all know, Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half-birthday on January 29th.

任務(wù) 2：閱讀短文（B），根據(jù)英文釋義及首字母提示拼寫單詞

c【1】: to show that a day or an event is important by doing sth. special.

e【2】: a reason, either true or invented that you give to explain your behavior.

任務(wù) 3：閱讀短文（B），進行同義句轉(zhuǎn)換，每空一詞

As we all know, Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half-birthday on January 29th.

As 【3】 【4】 to all, Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half-birthday on January 29th.

任務(wù) 4：根據(jù)短文（B）內(nèi)容回答問題

What often happens when some important festivals get in the way of the real birthday?【5】.

In the US, with whom do children whose real birthdays don't fall in the school year celebrate their half -birthdays?【6】.

In which month does Harry Potter's birthday fall?【7】.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】celebrate

【2】excuse

【3】is

【4】known

【5】Half-birthday is often celebrated.

【6】Their friends and teachers.

【7】July.

【解析】

本文介紹了“準(zhǔn)生日”的風(fēng)俗。

【1】“to show that a day or an event is important by doing sth. special.”的含義是“通過做某些特殊的事展示一天或者一個活動是重要的”，根據(jù)開頭字母c可知，這個單詞是celebrate，表示“慶祝”。故填celebrate。

【2】“a reason, either true or invented that you give to explain your behavior.”的含義是“一個或許是真相或者是你虛構(gòu)出來，對一個行為解釋的原因”，根據(jù)開頭字母e可知，這個單詞是excuse表示“借口；理由”。故填excuse。

【3】as we all know表示“眾所周知”，可以用短語as is known to all，用被動語態(tài)。故填is。

【4】as we all know表示“眾所周知”，可以用短語as is known to all，用被動語態(tài)。故填known。

【5】根據(jù)“Half-birthday is often celebrated when some important festivals get in the way of the real birthday.”可知，當(dāng)一些重要的節(jié)日妨礙過生日的時候，通常用“準(zhǔn)生日”慶祝。故答案為Half-birthday is often celebrated.

【6】根據(jù)“In the US, half-birthdays are often celebrated for children whose real birthdays don't fall in the school year, so giving them the chance to celebrate at school with their friends and teachers.”可知，在美國，“準(zhǔn)生日”通常是給那些真正的生日不在學(xué)年的孩子，給他們機會能夠和朋友，老師一起在學(xué)校慶祝。故答案為Their friends and teachers.

【7】根據(jù)“As we all know, Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half-birthday on January 29th.”可知，Harry的“準(zhǔn)生日”是在1月份，而根據(jù)“It's a day six months earlier before or after your real date of birth.”可知“準(zhǔn)生日”是在真正的生日的前或者后六個月，因此Harry真正的生日是在7月。故填July.