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[1]The Queen has celebrated her official birthday with the Trooping the Colour parade in central London.
[2]Thousands of people joined the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the most exciting military event held every year that has been performed for centuries at Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall.
[3]This year there were more than 1,100 soldiers taking part in the display of brilliant military on Horse Guards Parade.The route along the Mall was lined by members of the Foot Guards regiments(兵团)of the Household Division－wearing bearskin hats and red short coats.
[4]After the Queen took the salute，the royals headed back to Buckingham Palace to gather on the balcony.The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh also watched one of the biggest flypasts in recent years to mark the 90th anniversary of the RAF(皇家空军)．
[5]The planes taking part ranged from a 68yearold Spitfire to the RAF’s newest aircraft，the Typhoon.
[6]The Queen’s actual birthday was on 21th April，when she turned 82.
[7]The term“Trooping the Colour”comes from an old military tradition.Before a battle，colours of flags were carried，or“trooped”，along the rank of soldiers so they could be seen and recognized.In 1748，it was decided that the trooping would also be used to ________.
[8]In an interview with the BBC，Prince Charles said Trooping the Colour was a“thrilling and moving occasion”．
[9]“It’s_splendidly_British_and_I_hope_it_will_go_on_for_as_long_as_possible_because_I_think_the_world_would_be_a_sadder，
duller_and_greyer_place_without_it，”he_said.
Why does Britain hold the Trooping the Colour parade in London every year？(no more than 10 words)
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What is related to the term“Trooping the Colour”？
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Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one？Different planes，whether old or modern took part in the parade.
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Fill in the blank in Paragraph 7 with proper words.
(no more than 10 words)
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Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
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