【正文】 I am as old as Linda. I am from Brazil. The birthday child gets a pull on the earlobe(耳垂) for each year in my country. The birthday person also gives the first piece of cake to his/her most special friend or relative, usually mom or dad.NamesCountriesAgesSpecial customsLindaArubaFourteenEach teacher gets something special from his or her 1 and gives him or her a small 2 The birthday child doesn’t 3 to wear school uniform.LucyDenmark 4 If you see a flag__5 outside a window, you may know someone in that house is 6 a birthday. People will put the 7 around the child’s bed while they are 8 . Tom 9 FourteenThe birthday person gives the 10 piece of cake to his or her mom or dad. （8）Studying abroad(國(guó)外）is an amazing experience, especially when you e to Australia as an overseas(海外的）high school student. You can have a lot of fun here，especially on holidays.There are many festivals in Australia. The most important one is obviously Christmas. Each year, the summer holidays at every high school last about two months from the beginning of December to February, which covers the Christmas time. Since it is a long holiday，most overseas students love to fly back to their countries to spend the time with their families and friends, but a few students still stay in Australia during the holiday to get parttime jobs. It is quite easy to find a parttime job at Christmas. Students often take part in another major social activity. They go to the beach to have fun in the sunshine. The summer in Australia is from December to February, so going to the beach in December is very popular among Australians.Easter in March is another important holiday in the year. It actually bines(使結(jié)合） “Good Friday” and “Easter Monday. Almost every shop closes on Good Friday. And people usually go to see Easter Show.The Chinese New Year is not a public holiday in Australia, so every Chinese student still has to go to school to study and do his or her normal things.__1 __ in AustraliaWhich month does summer begin in Australia?In 2 .Which season is Christmas in Australia?In _ What are 4 activities in December in Australia? 5 to the beach and 6 sunshine.What do people do on Good Friday and Easter?People 7 go shopping, but 8 go to see Easter show._9_do Chinese students do during the Spring Festival in Australia?They continue to do their 10 things. （9）Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical (典型的) high school and its students. A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather rent (租用) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them. American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn (賺得，掙得) passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can drive themselves to school. Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required (要求)to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom. There is a