1. (2023八下·合肥月考) 完形填空

Look at the picture! Why is the woman1with a pan (平底锅)? She is in a2race (比赛) in the UK.

In the race, people have to3white aprons (围裙) and cover their heads with a white hat or a scarf. First, a bell (铃) rings twice for people to start4their pancakes. Then the bell rings again for them to gather (集合), with their cooked pancakes in a5. There they wait for the6to ring again, and the race starts. People run and at the same time, they throw pancakes into the7. They need to catch them with the pans and keep running.

Sometimes one of the pancakes drops on the ground, but the8can pick it up and then keep on running.

The race usually starts in February or March every year. People do this to remember a9story. In 1445, a woman was cooking and was late for a gathering (集会).10she held a pan with a pancake inside, and ran all the way there. In 1950, the USA also held a pancake race on the same day and at the same time. I wonder who runs better, the British or the Americans?