七、语法填空
阅读下面的短文,根据上下文在空白处填入适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
It’s my sister’s birthday today. We have a party 1 her at home. My parents 2 (buy) a big cake. They 3 (put) 13 candles on it because my sister is 13 years old.
My sister 4 (blow) out the candles and makes a wish. Then we start 5 (eat) the cake. It’s very delicious.
My sister 6 (get) many presents. I give her 7 nice dress. She likes it very much. We all 8 (have) a good time at the party. My sister says she 9 (love) this birthday and will remem-ber it forever. It’s really 10 happy day.
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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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八、选词填空
阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。
for; cook; first; wants; long; birthday; happy; but; your; when
Henry is an English boy. It is his 1. time to come to China to see his aunt. Today is Saturday. It’s his twelfth 2. . The family have a party for him. He gets up early and he 3. to buy some food for the birthday party this afternoon.
He sees a big bowl of noodles on the table 4. he comes out of his bedroom. It is a bowl of tomato and egg noodles. In England, Henry usually has bread and milk 5. breakfast. He likes tomato and egg noodles, 6. he doesn’t know why his aunt cooks noodles this morning.
“Dear aunt, why do you 7. noodles for me?” he asks. “Because it is 8. birthday today,” says his aunt. “In China, the 9. noodles are a symbol ( 象征) of long life. I hope you live a 10. and healthy life.” Henry says, “Thanks, dear aunt. It’s a special gift ( 特别的礼物) for my birthday.”

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