Birthdays are celebrated all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country---candles, cakes and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:
Denmark A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in the house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child’s bed while he is sleeping so he will see them at once when he wakes up. | India Usually Indian children wear white to school. However, on their birthdays, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolate to everyone in the class. Their best friends help them to do this. |
Japan The birthday child wears new clothes to mark the special time. Certain birthdays are more important than others. These are the third and seventh for girls and fifth for boys. | Holland The birthday child receives an especially large present. The family also puts flowers on the birthday child’s chair to make it beautiful. |
1.When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, what can you see outside the window? A. flowers B. presents
C. a flagD. a chair
2. Flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child in .
A. Japan B. Denmark
C. IndiaD. Holland
3. In India, birthday children .
A. give out chocolate to their classmates
B. share chocolate with their best friends
C. go to school in white clothes
D. wear new clothes to mark the special time
I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology(社会学). It was asked to go out and smile at three people.
I am a very person and thought this would be a piece of cake. Soon after, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to McDonald’s. We were standing in line, waiting to be , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to away, and then even my husband did.
As I turned around I a terrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor men. As I looked down at the short man, he was smiling. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God’s Light as he stood there. He said, “Good day” as he ____ the few coins he had been holding.
The young lady at the counter asked him they wanted. He said, “Coffee is all, Miss” because that was all they could . He just wanted to be warm.
Then I really felt it—the compulsion(冲动)was great that I almost reached out and hugged the little man ___ the blue eyes.
That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging(判断) my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on tray(托盘).
I then walked around the corner to the that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed man’s hand. He looked up at me, with in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.”
I with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: acceptance without condition.
1.A. friendlyB. healthyC. proudD. lucky
2.A. treatedB. servedC. welcomed D. greeted
3.A. give B. putC. moveD. throw
4.A. soundedB. tastedC. lookedD. smelled
5.A. happyB. carelessC. homelessD. pleasant
6.A. countedB. discoveredC. made D. found
7.A. what B. howC. whyD. who
8.A. saveB. shareC. affordD. drink
9.A. such B. tooC. veryD. so
10.A. ofB. in C. withD. for
11.A. otherB. the otherC. anotherD. others
12.A. windowB. doorC. kitchenD. table
13.A. warmB. cleanC. dirtyD. cold
14.A. fearB. tearsC. hopeD. unhappiness
15.A. beganB. stoppedC. graduatedD. filled
--- What about taking a walk after dinner?
---______________.
A.Good idea B.Never mind
C.What a shame D.You’re welcome
--- Zhou Yang won the 1500-meter Olympic title at the Sochi Winter Games on February 15.
---_______________________
A.I like swimming best B.That’s all right
C.Good luck D.That’s great
His pronunciation is better, for he kept ______ a short passage after the tape every morning.
A.to read B.reading
C.read D.reads
.Run for more than half an hour every day, ________ you can lose your weight easily.
A.or B.and
C.but D.unless