【正文】 e following ideas may help you. Gift of Time Moms just want to spend time with their children, so make it a Mother173。s a collection of all the songs that remind her of you and your growing up. Write a Letter Write a letter instead of a simple card. Write about all the good memories you have with her and all the things she has done for you. Flowers People send carnations(康乃馨 ) on Mother39。t fet to wash the dishes after the dinner. ( ) is it not easy to find a right gift on Mother39。t like gifts. C． Because we always want to get something special. D． Because we don39。s Day B． writing a letter is better than sending a simple card to your mom on Mother39。s Day （ D） Around the world, people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional foods also show a new year of good luck and good health. An English Christmas dinner has a meal of turkey, and it also includes pies and plum puddings (李子布丁 ). In Germany, Christmas is celebrated with bread, cookies and cakes, which are made like Christmas trees. In France, Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter cream. In southern parts of India, there is a threeday festival in midJanuary called Pongal. It includes rice and a dish of rice cooked with sugar that is shared with families and friends. Japan celebrates New Year with a sevenday festival. It begins from January 1st. Food is prepared before the festival so people don’t need to cook during the festival. On New Year39。s time might cut luck. Foods with lucky names are popular, such as fish, which sounds like surplus(剩余 ). 72. What is a threeday festival in midJanuary in southern parts of India called? A. Christmas. B. Pongal. C. New Year. D. Lantern Festival. 73. In Japan, people all like eating _________ on New Year39。（每小題 2分） Give directions in different places If you ask people of different countries “Could you tell me the way to the post office？ ” ， you will get different answers. In Japan, people use landmarks(路標 ) instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. The post office is across from the bus stop.” In Kansas, America, there are no towns or buildings within miles. So instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distance. For example, people will say, “Go north two miles. ” People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions. They will often say, “Follow me.”3 ． ________ Sometimes if a person doesn39。t know.” They usually give an answer, but often a wrong one. A visitor can often get lost in Yucatan! 5． ________ You might not understand a person39。t know.” is impolite. D． Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. E． You have to walk after them all the time. F. Then she or he will take you through the streets of the city to the post office. 五、補全對話（ 5分） 請閱讀下面的對話，根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容補上所缺句子，使對話通順、合理，意思完整。（每空一句，每句 1分） A: Excuse me, sir. B: Certainly. Go along this street. Turn left into Xingfu Street, and the museum is on your right. A: B: It39。 80詞左右。 參考詞匯： 慶祝 celebrate；農(nóng)歷 lunar calendar；紀念 be in honor of；詩人 poet；龍舟賽 dragon boat race Dear Maria， I39。m very happy that you are interested in Chinese culture, especially the festivals. Now let me first tell you something about the Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival is __one_of_the_most_important__ Chinese traditional festivals. It is on the fifth day of the fifth month in Chinese lunar calendar, that is to say, it is not on the same date every year. The Dragon Boat Festival has a long history, which __is_in_honor_of__ the great ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan. People celebrate the day by holding dragon boat races and eating zongzi. There are many traditional festivals in China, __such_as__ the Spring Festival and the Mid1