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Gift giving is different from culture to culture and person to person. When giving gifts, sometimes color is important. For example, for many Chinese people around the world, red is a lucky color, and people often like to wrap gifts in this color. However, did you know that in Korea, red is a color of death? That is why you should not wrap gifts in this color if you are giving a gift to a Korean person. What about western countries? In western countries, the color of wrapping paper is not really important. But color does matter when giving flowers, especially roses. You should not give red roses to a western person you dont know very well because they are a symbol of love. You could give yellow roses as a symbol of friendship. You could also send pink roses as gifts to say thank you. What other things should you remember when giving gifts to someone from a different culture? Well, one thing you should keep in mind is the person’s religion(宗教). When choosing a gift for a Muslim or Jewish(犹太族的)friend, you should never get food including pork, or things made from pig skin. Another thing that you should not get for a Muslim person is alcohol(酒). 根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂（A），错的涂（B）。(10分) 61. Red is a lucky color all over the world. 62. Yellow roses are a symbol of love in western countries. 63. When you give gifts to a foreigner, you should remember his religion. 64. Three kinds of color are mentioned in this passage. 65. We can give a Muslim friend a bottle of alcohol as a gift. Earthworms(蚯蚓) are very important animals. They help to expose the soil to air when they are digging tunnels(隧道). At the same time, earthworms make the soil rich with their wastes. There are over 3,000 kinds of earthworms around the world. These animals have a soft body but no backbones. Some earthworms are brown, and some are red. They can be a few inches long, and can also be over 22 feet long. The largest earthworms live in South Africa and Australia. The earthworm’s body is made up of about