【语法选择阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。Thetraditionofbirthdaypartiesstartedalongtimeago.Therearesometraditions】
语法选择
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。
Thetraditionofbirthdaypartiesstartedalongtimeago.Therearesometraditions 1 youcanfindalmostanywhereanytimesuch 2 sendingbirthdaycards 3 outthecandlesonabirthdaycakeandsingingthe‘HappyBirthday’song.Othersareonly 4 forcertainagesandincertaincountries.
InChina 5 achild’ssecondbirthdayfamilymembersputmanythingsontheflooraroundthechild.AccordingtoChinesetraditionthefirstthingthatthechildpicksup 6 youwhatprofessionthechildwillchooselaterin 7 .
ForJapanesechildren 8 thirdfifthandseventhbirthdaysare 9 important.AtthisagethereisaspecialcelebrationShichi-Go-San(sevenfivethreeinJapanese)whenchildrengotothetemplewearinganewkimono(和服).Thepriest(僧侣)givesthemspecialsweetsandtheparentsusuallyorganizeapartyfortheirfriendsintheirhome.
InArgentinaMexicoandseveral 10 LatinAmericancountriesgirlshaveaspecialbirthdaycelebration 11 theyreachtheageoffifteen.Afteraspecialceremony(仪式)thegirlsdanceawaltzwiththeirfatherandotherboys.
Eighteenisthetraditional‘comingofage’—theagewhen(inmanycountries)youhavetherighttovote(选举)jointhearmyand(inBritain)drinkalcohol 12 buyahouse.
InmanyEnglish-speakingcountriesa 13 birthdaycakeoftenhasakeyontoporthecakeitselfissometimesintheshapeofakey.Thekeymeansthattheyoungperson 14 now 15 toleaveandenterthefamilyhomeatanytimetheywantto!
()1.A.where B.what C.that D.when
()2.A.forB.like C.soD.as
()3.A.blow B.blowing C.toblow D.blown
()4.A.find B.finds C.found D.finding
()5.A.on B.inC.at D.to
()6.A.telling B.told C.willtellD.tells
()7.A.life B.lives C.living D.live
()8.A.a B.anC.theD./
()9.A.especial B.especially C.moreespecial D.mostespecial
()10.A.theother B.another C.others D.other
()11.A.when B.before C.since D.because
()12.A.and B.but C.or D.so
()13.A.twenty-one B.twenty-first C.twentieth-one D.twentieth-first