Question

【題目】 What would people like to _______ on their birthday? The answer would be different in different countries.

In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of candles is the person’s age. The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles. If he or she blows out all the candles in _______ go, the wish will come true. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is _______.

In China, it is getting popular to have cake on your birthday. But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthday. They never ______ the noodles because the long noodles are a symbol of long life. In some places, Chinese people also eat eggs on their birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck.

All of these birthday foods may be different, but the ideas are the same. They bring good luck to the _______ person.

【1】A.drinkB.eatC.cookD.make

【2】A.oneB.twoC.threeD.four

【3】A.luckyB.unluckyC.sadD.bad

【4】A.give upB.put upC.cut upD.make up

【5】A.goodB.youngC.oldD.birthday

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

本文主要介紹了過生日時吃的食物，雖然在不同的國家，吃的食物不一樣，但都寓意著好運。

【1】句意：在過生日的時候人們想吃什么？

drink喝；eat吃；cook烹飪；make制作。根據(jù)下文“In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles.”可知，在許多國家，人們在生日的時候吃生日蛋糕，所以此處是“生日的時候吃什么”，eat是動詞，表示“吃”。故選B。

【2】句意：如果他或她一口氣吹滅所有的蠟燭，愿望就會實現(xiàn)。

one一；two二；three三；four四。根據(jù)“the wish will come true”以及結(jié)合生活實際可知，此處是“只要過生日的人一口氣吹滅所有的蠟燭，他或者她的愿望就會實現(xiàn)”，in one go表示“一口氣”。故選A。

【3】句意：拿到糖果的這個孩子是幸運的。

lucky幸運的；unlucky不幸的；sad悲傷的；bad不好的。根據(jù)上文“If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true.”可知，一口氣吹滅蠟燭的人，夢想就會實現(xiàn)，說明他（或她）很幸運，所以此處是“拿到糖果的孩子是幸運的”；lucky是形容詞，表示“幸運的”。故選A。

【4】句意：他們從來不切斷面條，因為長面條是長壽的象征。

give up放棄；put up張貼；cut up切斷；make up編造。根據(jù)“because the long noodles are a symbol of long life”可知，長面條是長壽的象征，所以此處是“他們從來不切斷面條”；cut up表示“切斷”。故選C。

【5】句意：它們給過生日的人帶來好運。

good好的；young年輕的；old老的；birthday生日。根據(jù)“In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles.”和“All of these birthday foods may be different, but the ideas are the same.”可知，在許多國家，過生日的人會吃生日蛋糕，雖然吃的食物不同，但是寓意相同，所以此處是“給過生日的人帶來好運”；birthday preson表示“過生日的人”。故選D。