What would people __  (1)  __ to eat on their birthday? The __  (2)  __ would be different in different countries. In many countries, people have birthday cakes _  (3)  __ candles. The number of candles __  (4)  __ the person's age. The birthday person must make a __  (5)  __ and blow out the candles. If he or she blows out all the candles in one __  (6)  __, the wish will come _  (7)  __. In the UK, people sometimes __  (8)  __ a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is __  (9)  __. In China, it is getting __  (10)  __ to have cake on your birthday. But many people still __  (11)  __ very long noodles for their birthday.They never cut __  (12)  __ the noodles because the long noodles are a symbol of long __  (13)  __. In some places, Chinese people also have eggs on their birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck.

All of these birthday __  (14)  __ may be different, but the ideas are __  (15)  _. They bring good luck to the birthday person.

Mother’s Day is celebrated in the U.S. It's also a holiday in some _  (1)  __ countries. It is ___  (2)  _the second Sunday in May. It is a day to thank mothers. on that day mothers usually __  (3)  __flowers or cards. On the cards, children will write “Thanks, mom”，“To the best mother in the world” and so on.

Where does the idea for the holiday __  (4)  ___from? We should thank Miss Anna M.Jarvis. She brought up the idea of having such a day. She lived _  (5)  ___ West Virginia. Her mother died on May 9 ，1905.

She had a deep love__  (6)  __ her mother. She wrote letters to_  (7)  _ important persons. In her letters she asked them to decide a day for__  (8)  __ mothers. Then Mother's Day was made on the second Sunday in May by U.S.in 1913.

On Mother's Day，children give_  (9)  _to their mothers or the whole family go out and try to do something_  (10)  __for their mothers.

The word“cartoon”came form Italian. It first referred to the picture before an actual(真实的）  (1)  on the wall. In the mid-19th century, it came into English.   (2)  the 1840s, it has also come to mean any drawing   (3)   is humorous, satirical（讽刺的）or showing an opinion. It usually appears in a newspaper or a magazine, with or without a short test.

Today   (4)   are a part of the daily lives of most people. People of all ages, especially young children   (5)   all kinds of cartoons in newspapers and magazines, on television and at the movies. Cartoons not only show their life,   (6)   help form it. They have set the style for clothing , food, manner and  many   (7)   things. They have supplied ideas to plays, movies and television series and so on. Names or words from cartoon   (8)   have also come into modern languages.

    Many   (9)   draw with special pens. Some use the   (10) .

Surely, computers are especially effective for the making of animated cartoons. This helps us to enjoy more lively cartoons.

   The 88^th Academy Awards, once again thrilled (使兴奋) people around the world,   (1)  the Chinese, who were excited about Leonardo DiCaprio getting the Best Actor Award.

But the yearly presentation (颁奖仪式) also made Chinese filmmakers   (2)  , as no Chinese films have ever won a golden prize. The hard truth makes people wonder   (3)   China will get a place in the famous Academy Award, as China is already the second largest film market.

   The condition for our national artists is similar to that of Chinese writers and scientists   (4)   Mo Yan and Tu Youyou won Nobel Prizes in 2012 and 2015. Just as Chinese people are used to seeing their fellow citizens (同胞们) taking home Nobel Prizes from Stockholm, it is time for them to see that   (5)   an Oscar is also achievable (可实现的).

   There are good reasons for the Chinese people to   (6)   such a bright future.

   First, China is one of the fastest growing film   (7)   in the world. Lots of businesses from home and abroad are willing to invest(投资) here. It will   (8)   more talented people to get into the industry because of more and more relaxed environment for development.

   The latest survey   (9)   Chinese cinemas took a record 6.87 billion yuan (about $1.05 billion) in ticket sales in February, with the monthly box office (票房) going past that of North America for the first time.

   The achievement may be   (10)   in the future. It is supposed that China’s yearly box office could continue to go beyond North America in 2017.

 Hongbao, usually a red envelope(信封)with some money inside, is a kind of traditional(传统的)gift in China.People always give it during the Spring Festival or for some special events such as birthdays, weddings(婚礼) and so on. It is considered as a way to  (1)  love, good wishes or blessing(祈祷).

      The red color means good luck in Chinese culture and can also  (2)   people stay away from bad things.This tradition started from more than 2,000 years  (3)  when old people began to give money to their grandchildren for good luck and safety in the New Year.

      Different from the traditional red envelope with  (4)   inside, the virtual(虚拟的)hongbao became quite popular this year.It provides people with a chance to give hongbao to other people or to receive them from   (5)  on the Internet.This new form of hongbao is becoming more and more popular  (6)   the WeChat(微信)users.

      During the seven daysˈ Spring Festival holiday,I   (7)   more than 300 yuan,by using WeChat, and got half of the money I gave. Although the smallest hongbao had only 0.01 yuan,in it, my friends and I still had great  (8)  giving and receiving the red envelopes. No matter in which way people send red envelopes, the meaning behind is the same.

However,some people,especially the youngs, spend too much time  (9)  with their mobile(移动的)phones to get the virtual hongbao.This not only makes them lose the time they spend with their family but is  (10)  for their health.So what do you think of the virtual hongbao?Are you for or against it?

English names and Chinese names are quite different in some   (1)   ways, but it's not hard for us to know．Unlike Chinese, most English people have   (2)   names． One is their family name, both of the other names are given names． Their family name is   (3)   the given name． They use Mr, Mrs or Miss with the   (4)   name, but they never use   (5)   with the first name． For example, we can  (6)   a man named James Allan Green Mr Green,   (7)   we can't call him Mr James or Mr Allan． People usually use Jim   (8)  James． Jim is short for James because it's   (9)   to remember．But Chinese names are the opposite． A girl with the name Han Limei   (10)   her family name Han first． Of course, she can be called Ah Mei for short in China if you wish．

Many children have a birthday cake     (1)  candles on their birthday. In some countries,    (2)  

England and Scotland(苏格兰), there is another custom(风俗),     (3)  . There people spank(拍打) or hit the child     (4)  his or her birthday. This may hurt a little, but they say it is     (5)  lucky for the child. The child must     (6)  cry. The custom says that   (7)  you cry, you will cry all year.

They spank their children because they want to make the bad things     (8)  away. The harder you spank, the better it is. In Belgium(比利时),     (9)  country in Europe(欧洲), the custom is very different. There a parent     (10)  the child’s bedroom early in the morning with a needle(针). When the child wake up, the parent pricks(剌) the child with the needle. This is for good luck.

C

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside. So, when a person is a “banana”, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.

Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas（海外的）Chinese. These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.But they are not Chinese citizens. They are people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang（杨振宁）. He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

◆.阅读下面短文，完成下列小题，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
　　Nowadays, the food that you buy comes from many different countries．Have a look in your fridge, cupboard, and fruit bowl and check the origins(来源) of the food．Perhaps there are apples from California, lamb from New Zealand, or potatoes from Egypt? You will probably be surprised how far food travels to get to your plate．This journey, from “field to plate”, is called “food miles”．A food mile is the distance that food travels from the farmer’s field to the person who buys the f ood．Nowadays, food often travels thousands of miles to get to the consumer(消费者)．Why is this, and what are the effects(影响) of these long distances?

　　Traditionally, farmers sold their food in the local market so the food didn’t have to travel very far．The consumers also did not travel very far, because they went to their local market to buy the food．This was a good system for farmers and consumers．However, there were some disadvantages．For example, consumers could only buy food that farmers produced locally．In addition, they could only get food that was in season．Now, because of modern technology, food comes from all over the world．We do not have to wait for spring or summer to buy strawberries or tomatoes．They are available in winter if we want．
   Some countries have to import(进口) most of their food．This is because they have difficult climates．The United Arab Emirates(UAE), for example, gets 85% of its food from other countries．Even food made in the UAE often uses imported materials．
   What’s wrong with “food miles”? Is this not a good way of increasing international trade? I believe these miles are worrying for a number of reasons．First of all, because food travels such long distances．we need more planes, lorries, and ships to move the food．This means we use more oil or petrol, so there is more pollution and more global(全球的) warming．In addition, food that travels a long way is not fresh and usually not very tasty．Tomatoes, for example, are picked early and stored for their long journey．For this reason, they are usually tasteless when they get to the consumer．Local food has a better taste, a nd it also reduces the amount of global pollution．We need to buy more local food．