题型:完形填空 题类: 难易度:普通
广东省深圳市罗湖区2023-2024学年七年级下学期期末考试英语试题
What does wishing mean to you?
Do you like to make wishes? In the west, an old tradition is to make wishes with 1 . Because water is so important to life. People felt it was a 2 from the gods. So, they started throwing coins into wishing wells or fountains(喷泉). They must say their wishes out loud. This way, they believe the spirits(精灵) of the water will 3 the wishes and make them come true.
Disney's film Wish(《星愿》) 4 in November, 2023. It's about a girl and the wishing star. In the film,17-year-old Asha makes a wish to the sky.
In Australia, where I'm from, we like to make wishes in 5 ways. Playing outside, you see a dandelion(蒲公英). Pick one up and 6 its seeds away, then make a wish! Or you could throw a coin into a wishing well or fountain to make a wish. And of course, no one 7 making a wish on their birthday.
I would sometimes make wishes at Christmas. One year, I left cookies and milk for Santa Claus and wrote a note to him: "Dear Santa, please tell my dad to stop smoking. It is 8 for his health." On Christmas Day, I saw the reply from "Santa". He wrote: "Dear Maddy, thank you for the cookies and milk. As for your dad stopping smoking, that is something he has to do for himself." Can you guess who wrote it?
I felt a bit 9 that Santa couldn't help my dad. But it 10 me something important: only the person himself or herself can really make the wish come true.
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