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.
【小題1】When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, what can you see outside the window?     
A.flowers B.presents C.a(chǎn) flag D.a(chǎn) chair
【小題2】Flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child in      .
A.Japan B.Denmark C.India D.Holland
【小題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


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】A

解析試題分析:短文大意:全世界都慶祝生日。慶祝生日的一些方法都類似。但也有不同的方式來慶祝生日的。本文介紹了丹麥、印度、日本、荷蘭慶祝孩子生日的方法。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一行第一框中A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in the house is having a birthday.可知該選C.
【小題2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二行第二框中The family also puts flowers on the birthday child’s chair to make it beautiful.可知該選D.
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一行第二框中However, on their birthdays, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolate to everyone in the class.可知該選A.
考點:日常生活類閱讀。

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