Test 7
Passage 1
Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can be used only once.(将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词,每词只能填一次)(共8分)
A)hidden
B)is made up of
C)customs
D)traditional
E)dinner
One of the most exciting events at Christmas is of course the Christmas dinner. Due to different culture and 1, people around the world enjoy very different Christmas dinners.
Americans usually have a 2 turkey Christmas dinner much like British people. They also drink eggnog—a thick drink made from eggs, sugar, milk, spices and liquor. A rich Christmas pudding is a traditional dessert at British tables. It 3 dried fruit and a variety of spices(香料).If you are lucky,there might be a shiny coin 4 in it somewhere.
A)unusual
B)about
C)order
D)includes
E)sell
The French enjoy a comfortable dinner party. Christmas dinner in France is usually enjoyed shortly after midnight on Christmas Eve. The menu 5 famous French dishes such as oysters(牡蛎),lobster meat and foie gras(鹅肝酱).
Perhaps the most 6 Christmas dinner of all is “kiviak” in Greenland. People put the raw flesh(生肉)of Arctic birds in seal skin for months before eating it.For those who don't like dead birds, they can also eat “mattack”—whale skin.
Kentucky Fried Chicken has been customary in Japan ever since the American fast-food giant launched a“Kentucky for Christmas”marketing campaign(营销活动)in 1974.The fried chicken meal, which comes with cake and champagne, costs 7 3,336 yen (RMB 175). It is so popular that many fans 8 it months in advance to avoid two-hour waiting lines on Christmas Day.