Children all over the world like to celebrate their birthdays. American children are of no difference. They usually celebrate with a party. They invite their friends to their birthday parties. The party may not be held on the right date of their birthday if it comes on a school day. It may be held on the weekend instead.
Today two kinds of parties are the most popular. One is held at home. Parents decorate the house beautiful with balloons and coloured paper. They prepare a special birthday meal. The children play games. The other kind is held away from home. Some are at a special restaurant. The children eat pizza and ice cream. The waiters , who serve the food, also sing and tell jokes to the children. Other parties may be held at a park, or at a movie theatre, or in some other places.
Every birthday party has a cake with candles on it. There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy’s or girl’s age. When the candles are lighted(点燃), everyone sings the special birthday song: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
As Americans grow older, their birthday parties change. In fact, many people stop having them. They say they would like to forget how old they are. Yet they do like to keep the happy birthday parties of their childhood in mind.
1.Who would like to celebrate their birthdays?
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2.How do American children celebrate their birthdays?
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3.How many kinds of parties are the most popular today?
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4.What’s for every birthday party?
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5.Why do many of Americans stop having their birthday parties?
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When you see a f____1.__ kid in Beijing, have you ever t__2.____ about where he or she goes to school? They don’t learn by t__3.___ at home, you know! They go to international schools. Usually they come to China b_4.___ their parents work here. Some stay for months, or even y__5.___.
In Beijing, there are 15 international schools. An international school has many students coming from d _6.__ parts of the world. There are no C__7.___ students at international schools. These foreign kids receive Westernstyle (西式的) e__8.____. Most of their teachers are also foreigners. Most of the schools t___9._ in English and use English textbooks. Students do not have many exams. B__10._ they do have a lot of homework.
句型转换(5分)
1.What he said is impossible.(反意问句)
What he said is impossible, ________ __________?
2.Tom is very careless, he didn’t pass the driving test.(保持句意基本不变)
Tom isn’t _______ _________ to pass the driving test.
3.They look down on the poor, they are not right.(保持句意基本不变)
It’s ________ for them________ look down on the poor.
4.He is so weak that he can’t walk any more.（保持句意基本不变）
He is _______ weak _______walk.
5.We’ll get there in a few hours.(划线提问)
_______ ________ will you get there?
1.When I was young, my teacher told me that the early bird _________ the worm.
2.I ________the Great Wall as soon as I arrive in Beijing.
3.---Why didn’t you answer my phone?
---- Sorry. I _________ on a patient the whole afternoon.
4.I __________ this magazine. Will you please show me another?
5._________ the letter ______ to the manager of the company yesterday?
1.The government has taken action. Now there is _______pollution in the river.
2.Sandy is planning to hold a party to celebrate her father’s _________birthday.
3.I was happy that I finished my job __________.
4.Millie’s grandparents live in a flat not far from _________, she can often see them.
5.Peter and Judy keep in touch by ___________ emails.
请根据中英文提示或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。(5分）
1.My parents love sports, e_________ walking and jogging.
2.There are many __________(秘书) in the big company.
3.The rubbish bin is full of _________(rubbish) .Who will clean it up?
4.The ________(采访者) often ask a lot of questions about ORBIS.
5.It’s the ________(right or proper) way to solve the difficult problem.
