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PART 5

Questions 25-30.
Match the following headings (A-H) to the texts (Q25-Q30).
Note: There are two extra headings which you do not need to use.
Headings:

1. 
   Beating the birthday child
   
2. 
   Coming of age
   
3. 
   Gifts for guests
   
4. 
   Not copying another culture
   
5. 
   Spoiling cake by slapping
   
6. 
   Symbol of long life
   
7. 
   Only cake
   
8. 
   Sweets and tart
   

Q25. …

Chinese typically only celebrate certain birthdays: the first, 10th, 60th, 70th and 80th. The 60th birthday is important to the Chinese because it is seen as completing a full zodiac. Birthdays are typically family affairs. Food includes a bowl of long life noodles - long noodles that the person slurps into their mouth. A long slurp equals a long life.

Q26.

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A very important tradition in Mexican culture is the Quinceanera, which is traditionally celebrated on a young woman's fifteenth birthday. The celebration is meant to mark the young girl's movement into womanhood and is complete with a formal gown and dancing.

Q27.

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Instead of a birthday cake, many Russian children receive a birthday pie with a birthday greeting carved into the crust. In school, teachers often give a gift to the student having a birthday. Children usually will play a game. What they do is hang prizes from rope and each guest gets to cut down a prize to take home.
Q28. …
In Egypt, family and friends are invited to a party (hafla) that includes singing and dancing. Flowers and fruit are the main party decorations and are "seen as symbols of life and growth." Egyptians usually have a birthday cake, but do not send one another birthday cards the way people do in the United States.
Q29. …
One unusual Irish tradition is "bumping" the birthday child. An adult turns the child upside down and very gently bumps his head on the floor. The number of bumps equals the age of the child. For those who come of age, usually 21 in Ireland, the "key of the house" is given. This signifies that the person is an adult and can come and go as he pleases.
Q30. …
Most birthday parties in Australia are barbecues. Parties are typically decorated with balloons and ribbons. A cake with candles is brought out and the birthday person makes a wish before blowing out the candles. Children eat a special dish called fairy bread. Fairy bread is bread spread with butter and covered with sugar candy sprinkles.