Birthdays are celebrated（慶祝）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，you can see _____ outside the window.
A．flowersB．presentsC．a(chǎn) flagD．a(chǎn) chair
小題2:In _________  flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child.
A．JapanB．DenmarkC．IndiaD．Holland
小題3:In India, birthday children wear _______ clothes to school.
A．coloredB．longC．bigD．tight

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A

試題分析：
試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了四個國家不同的慶祝生日的方式。
小題1:根據(jù)描述可知丹麥人在過生日時，在窗戶外面可以看到一面旗幟，故選C。
小題2:根據(jù)描述可知在荷蘭，在過生日的孩子的椅子上會放上一捧鮮花，故選D。
小題3:根據(jù)描述的可知，在印度只有過生日的孩子才可以穿鮮艷的衣服去學校，故A。
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