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Many children have birthday cakes on their birthdays. In some _1__, like England and Scotland,
there is another custom, too. People beat or hit the__2__on his/her birthday. This may hurt__3__,
but they say it is very lucky for the child. The child must __4__cry. The custom says, if you __5__,
you will cry all year.
They say the birthday spanks (一巴掌) is to make the bad spirits(邪气) __6__. The harder you
spank the better. In Belgium, another country in Europe, the custom is a little __7__. There a parent
goes into the child's room __8__in the morning with a needle. As soon as the child __9__ up, the
parent pricks(刺) the child with the needle. This is for good __10__.
()1. A. countries
()2. A. children
()3. A. a few
()4. A. never
()5. A. laugh
()6. A. out
()7. A. difficult
()8. A. late
()9. A. wakes
()10. A. sleep

B. cities
B. girl
B. a little
B. ever
B. sleep
B. along
B. different
B. quickly
B. runs
B. luck

C. towns
C. child
C. a lot
C. /
C. speak
C. about
C. helpful
C. early
C. stands
C. birthday

D. villages
D. boy
D. much
D. always
D. cry
D. away
D. friendly
D. slowly
D. comes
D. breakfast