阅读理解。 Children all over the world like to celebrate their birthdays. American children are of no 1 . American children usually celebrate with a party. They invite their friends to join the celebration. The party may not be held on the exact date of their birthday 2 it comes a school day. It may be held on the 3 weekend instead. Today two kinds of parties are the most popular. One is held at home. Parents make the house beautiful with balloons and colored paper. They prepare a special birthday meal. The children play games. 4 kind is held away from home. Some are at a special restaurant. The children eat pizza and ice cream. The waiters, 5 serve the food, also sing and tell jokes to the children. Other parties 6 be held at a park, or a movie theatre, or some other places. Every birthday party has a birthday cake with candles on 7 . There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy or girl's 8 . When the candles are lighted, everyone sings the special birthday song: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. As Americans grow older, their birthday parties change. In fact, many people stop 9 them. They say they would like to forget 10 they are. Yet they do like to remember the happy birthday parties of their childhood (儿童时代). (     )1. A. longer (     )2. A. if (     )3. A. farthest (     )4. A. Other (     )5. A. which (     )6. A. ought (     )7. A. top (     )8. A. promise (     )9. A. to have (     )10. A. how much B. difference B. whether B. busiest B. Each B. who B. have to B. the right B. weight B. having B. how long C. interest C. but C. earliest C. The other C. what C. may C. them C. hope C. to celebrate C. how old D. idea D. though D. closest D. Any D. all D. must D. middle D. age D. joining D. how soon