編者注
What do people do during the winter festival of Christmas? How much do you know about Christmas? Find out with our festive quiz. 圣誕假期人們會做些什么?你了解多少的圣誕知識呢?快來看看我們的節日測試吧。
( )1. In many countries, Christmas seems to be all about_______shopping; buying presents.
A. go shoppingB. going
C. do the D. doing the
( )2. What do you traditionally find in Christmas pudding? The possible answers were: _______.
A. Money B. A ring
C. Banana D. Beans
( )3. Traditional nativity scenes are popular in many countries—they show the_______of Jesus.
A. lifeB. birth
C. all of the above answersD. born
( )4. Did you know that in Britain the Queen has made a_______on TV every Christmas day since 1957?
A. sermonB. talk
C. speech D. lecture
( )5. In Mexico and parts of Brazil, people watch a traditional_______called “The Shepherds”—the shepherds kidnap (誘拐) the baby Jesus!
A. playB. theatre
C. stage D. acting
答 案 及 解 析
1. B。going shopping is a popular pastime in the UK!D不對,“Doing the shopping”通常指例行購物這件事。
2. A。傳統上人們會把銀幣放在圣誕布丁里面。C不對,雖然圣誕布丁里有水果,但是不包括香蕉在內;D不對,雖然圣誕布丁里有水果成分,但是沒有黃豆。
3. B?!癰irth”是個名詞,你可以說“It was a difficult birth(難產)”。C不對,因為“born”是個形容詞,可以用這個句型:Jesus was born in Bethlehem。
4. C。speech通常含有公共演講的意思,比如政治家或名人演講。A不對,因為sermon帶有宗教色彩,是布道說教的意思;B不對,在表達女王講話這個意思的時候,talk 未免過于隨便了,因為talk一詞多用于有聽眾在場的發言和講話,而女王都是在電視上發表全國講話或祝詞的,非常鄭重; D不對,lecture通常指比較正式的講座,帶有專業和學術色彩,最長使用的場合就是在大學里面。
5. A。when you go to the theatre, you see a play。B不對,theatre是“劇院”的意思,人們去劇院看歌劇和戲??;C不對,stage是“舞臺”的意思;D不對,因為acting指的是具體的表演和演技本身: “His acting was fantastic” or “He’s been acting since he was 3 years old”.