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【題目】Many countries follow special customs when a child’s baby teeth fall out. Many of these customs tell stories about animals taking the teeth.

For example, Koreans have the custom of throwing the fallen tooth onto the roof of a house so that a magpie (喜鵲) can take the tooth away and bring a new tooth for the child. This custom is also followed by some other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam.

Other countries, though, have tooth customs about other animals. In Mexico and Spain, for example, it is thought that a mouse takes a fallen tooth away and leaves some money. But in Mongolia, it is dogs that take children’s teeth away. Dogs are highly respected in Mongolian culture. It is believed that the new tooth will grow strong if the baby tooth is fed to a dog, so parents in Mongolia will put their children’s fallen teeth in a piece of meat and feed it to a dog.

In France and the USA, a child will put a fallen tooth under his or her pillow before going to bed. It is thought that in the early morning, when the child is still sleeping, the Tooth Fairy will take the tooth away and leave something else under the pillow. What she will leave is hard to know. It is said that in France the Tooth Fairy may leave some candies; however, in the United States, she may leave money.

【1】In Vietnam, if a child’s tooth falls out, he or she will __________.

A. throw it onto the roof of a house

B. feed it to a mouse

C. put it in a piece of meat and feed the meat to a dog

D. leave it to the Tooth Fairy

【2】From the last paragraph, we can know that in France and the USA _________.

A. a child will put his or her fallen tooth beside the pillow

B. the Tooth Fairy takes the fallen teeth away at midnight

C. the Tooth Fairy will leave some candies to the children after taking the fallen teeth away

D. no one knows for sure what the Tooth Fairy will leave to the children after taking the fallen teeth away

【3】The passage is mainly about ___________.

A. customs about fallen teeth in western countries

B. customs about fallen teeth in different countries

C. stories about human teeth

D. stories about some animals

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【解析】試題分析：小孩子掉落的牙齒怎么處理？有些國(guó)家扔在屋頂上，有些國(guó)家放在枕頭下。文章講述了不同的國(guó)家有著不同的風(fēng)俗，在許多國(guó)家的風(fēng)俗中，牙齒要讓不同的動(dòng)物帶走，才能長(zhǎng)出新牙。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句This custom is also followed by some other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam比結(jié)合上文可知，越南人和韓國(guó)人一樣把掉落的牙齒扔到屋頂上，讓喜鵲叼走，小孩就能長(zhǎng)出新牙了。故選A。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段倒數(shù)兩句What she will leave is hard to know. It is said that in France the Tooth Fairy may leave some candies; however, in the United States, she may leave money可推斷，牙齒仙女會(huì)留下什么很難知道，據(jù)說(shuō)在法國(guó)可能會(huì)留下糖果，而在美國(guó)可能會(huì)留下錢(qián)。故選D。

【3】主旨大意題。縱觀全文可知，第一段提出了本文的主題，不同的國(guó)家對(duì)于小孩掉落的牙齒有不同的處理風(fēng)俗，下文分別舉例講述了各國(guó)不同的風(fēng)俗。故選B。