Question

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

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了世界各地的生日庆祝在某些方面非常相似——-蜡烛,蛋糕和生日祝福。但也有不同的庆祝生日的方式。作者介绍了四种特别的生日庆祝的方式。

1.A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in the house is having a birthday.，故选C。

2.短文The family also puts flowers on the birthday child’s chair to make it beautiful.故选D

3.细节理解题。根据However, on their birthdays, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolate to everyone in the class.故选A

考点：风俗习惯类短文阅读。