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福建省泉州市泉港一中2020届九年级下学期英语线上教学期中教学质量检测卷
Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate their birthdays in different ways. Now here are four people from different countries. They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in their countries.
Sandy comes from Madrid. She says happily. "My 21st birthday is on Saturday, and I'm going to go out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull on my ear 21 times, once for each year. It's an old custom. Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional."
Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow. In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki(花甲)—the beginning of a new life. The color red is for a new life, so we always give something red for a sixtieth birthday.
Liu Mei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, "Tomorrow is my 16th birthday. I's a special birthday, so we're going to have a family party. Maybe I will get some lucky money from my relatives(亲戚). My mother is going to cook noodles for a long life."
Phillip, from Paris, smiles to us. "I'm going to be thirty next week, so I'm going to invite three very good friends out for dinner. In France, when you have a birthday, you often invite people out."
How do you usually celebrate your birthday?
Traditional Chinese festivals are now getting their own logos(标识).Here're logos for China's seven important traditional festivals.
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Chunjie, Spring Festival, China's lunar new year, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. People usually get together, watch fireworks and the lion dance, eat dumplings and put on new clothes. They pay New Year calls to their relatives and friends. Children usually get red packets. | ||
  | It's located at the western gate, just beside the ticket center. The center provides a series of services, such as guide service, free water supply, guide books, charging mobile phones, baby carriage, first-aid medicine, and simple health care. You can also buy some souvenirs like stamps, postcards and tiger toys. | ||
  | It's located at the eastern and western gates of the Pearl Spring Scenic Area. There are all kinds of tickets, such as tickets for the scenic area and tickets for amusement park. | ||
  | Dingshan Pavilion Dining Hall, a large-scale dining centre, can receive 300 people for dining at the same time. It lies in the Scenic Area. Tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery while eating. It's open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day. | ||
| You can take No. 168 bus from Gulou Bus Stop and get off at Pearl Spring Bus Stop. The bus stop is just outside the Scenic Area. You can also drive here. |
In the past 2018, there were some amazing achievements in China which not only conquered (征服) the world but also sounded very interesting. Let's have a look at some of them!
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The tallest man-made waterfall in the world | In Guiyang, there is a waterfall hanging in front of a building. It's reported that keeping it running costs about 800 yuan per hour, so it has been shown only for less than 10 times. And getting the waterfall ready isn't an easy thing because it's on the top of a 121-meter-tall building. |
| The first pit (坑) hotel in the world | With 19 floors, this five-star hotel was built nearly 90 meters below the ground in Shanghai. It's the world's lowest building. It costs around 600 dollars for one night. Compared with the height, the cost is pretty high. |
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