[沖刺中考]英語閱讀與填空：19-Friday 半生日 174詞

19-Friday 半生日 174詞

題材： 半生日　 詞數(shù)： 174　 建議閱讀時間： 3.5分鐘

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇恰當?shù)膯卧~或短語填空，每個選項限用一次。

or　　　celebrated　　common　　　especially　　　though

real　party　think about　for example　all over

Do you need an excuse for a celebration，because Christmas and your birthday are still a few months away？If it is true in your life，why don't you 　1　 celebrating your half-birthday—the day falls exactly six months either before or after your 　2　 date of birth．If you were born on the 27th of January，　3　 ，you could have an excuse for a 　4　 on Wednesday the 27th of July （if you count the months）　5　 on Friday the 29th of July （if you count the days）．

Half-birthday is often celebrated when the real birthday may be overshadowed by some important festivals，　6　 Christmas．So half-birthday celebrations are more 　7　 in June or July．In the US，half-birthdays are often 　8　 for children，whose real birthdays don't fall in the school year，so giving them the chance to celebrate at school with their friends and teacher．

In fact，half-birthday has become popular 　9　 the world only with the popularity of Harry Potter ，　10　 it has been known for many years．Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half-birthday on January 29th．

1．________　　2．________　　3．________　　4．________　　5．________

6．________　　7．________　　8．________　　9．________　　10．________

生詞

exactly　adv． 正好，恰好：That's exactly what I expected．那正是我所期待的。

overshadow　v． 使相形見絀，使失色：His intelligence overshadows that of his colleagues．他的聰明才智使同事們顯得黯然失色。

popularity　n． 大眾化，普及，流行：Her popularity helped her win the election．她很受公眾喜愛，這幫她贏得了選舉。

參考譯文

你需要理由為自己慶祝一下嗎？因為圣誕節(jié)和生日還有好幾個月才會到來呢。假如情況確實如此，為什么不考慮一下慶祝自己的半生日——也就是正好位于你真正生日前6個月或后6個月的那天。比如你出生在1月27日，你就有理由在7月27日周三（假如是按月計算），或是7月29日周五（假如是按天計算），搞一次聚會。

人們經(jīng)常慶祝半生日是因為他們真正的生日被一些重要的節(jié)日沖了，特別是圣誕節(jié)。因此，在6月或7月慶祝半生日的情況比較多。在美國，孩子們經(jīng)常慶祝半生日，因為他們真正的生日沒有落在學年里，而半生日給了他們在學校和朋友、老師一起慶祝的機會。

實際上，半生日在全世界的流行僅僅是因為《哈利·波特》的流行，盡管它已經(jīng)出名很多年了。哈里的朋友想讓他高興一下，就在1月29日給他慶祝半生日。

參考答案

Friday 1．think about　2．real　3．for example　4．party　5．or　6．especially　7．common　8．celebrated　9．a(chǎn)ll over　10．though