AEachcountryhasitsownflag.Nationalflagsareoftendesignedwithmanykindsofshapesonthemsuchasthesunstarsthemoonanimalsandbars.Whichofthesedoyouthinkappearmostoftenonflagsthemoonstarsorthesun?More
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Eachcountryhasitsownflag.Nationalflagsareoftendesignedwithmanykindsofshapesonthemsuchasthesunstarsthemoonanimalsandbars.
Whichofthesedoyouthinkappearmostoftenonflagsthemoonstarsorthesun?Moreflagshavestarsthaneitherthesunorthemoon.Therearemorethan50countriesintheworldwhichhavestarsontheirflags.
Starsareaspecialimage.Theymean“hope ”,“everlasting”,and“forever”.Starsareverybrightsomanynewlyindependentcountriesusestarstoshowhopeforabrightfuture.TheUSAwasthefirstcountrytousestarstoshowitsnewindependence.
InIslamstarshaveaholymeaning.MostArabiccountrieshaveflagswithfivepointstarstoshowthefivepracticesoftheIslamreligiousfaith.AlsostarsareusedinArabiccountriesbecauseofthewideuseofthemathematicshapesinIslamicart.
AustraliaandNewZealandbothhavetheconstellationof“SouthernCross” (arealgroupofstars)picturedontheflags.
Whatshapesappearonyourcountry'sflag?()1.Whichappear____(s)mostoftenonnationalflags?
A.Themoon.B.Stars.C.Thesun.D.Animals.
()2.Accordingtothepassagestarscanmean____.
①hope②treasure③forever④religiousfaith ⑤ everlasting
A.①②③④ B.②③④⑤
C.①③④⑤ D.①②④⑤
()3.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.TheUSAfirstusedstarstoshowitsindependence.
B.AustraliaandNewZealandhavethesameflag.
C.Thereareless50____countrieswithstarsontheflags.
D.Starsontheflagshavethesamemeaningindifferentcountries.
()4.Thepassageismainlyabout____.
A.theimportanceofflags
B.thekindsofflags
C.thedesignersofflags
D.themeaningofstarsonflags