On ________ Christmas Day, people like to send Christmas cards to each other.

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On ________ Christmas Day, people like to send Christmas cards to each other.

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   the
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3. C.
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Christmas （圣誕節(jié)） is December 25．It’s the most important holiday in America．

People like to send Christmas cards to their friends and they buy gifts for their family and friends before Christmas．

Christmas Day is a day for family reunion （團聚）．The family come together and sit down to have a meal in the afternoon．On Christmas Day people go to church （教堂） to listen to Christmas Carols （頌歌）．Children are very happy on that day, And they can get a lot of gifts．

1．_____ is the biggest festival in America．

A．Christmas        B．New Year         C．Thanksgiving Day           D．Teachers’ Day

2．Many people can get some _____ before Christmas．

A．work         B．cards          C．new clothes                     D．cards or gifts

3．The family often have _____ together in the afternoon on Christmas Day．

A．a(chǎn) meeting       B．a(chǎn) meal         C．a(chǎn) ball                   D．match

4．Children like Christmas Day very much, and they can _____．

A．get many gifts                    B．watch TV all day

C．sing Christmas songs              D．go to the concert

5．We know Christmas is in ______．

A．spring             B．summer           C．a(chǎn)utumn                       D．winter

Chinese people like to share happiness with their friends and r1. every Spring Festival．The woman l2. out the pictures on the ground．

I want to have a friend to practice my s3. English．John often c4. elephants with The Water Festival．Common gifts are flowers and cards for mothers and shirts or t5. for fathers．The policeman is calling to the family of the d6. man．The little girl learns English by r7. after the tape．Annie is an a8. girl and never stops talking．The spirit of Christmas has already s9. to other countries．

K10. comes from questioning．

Mr. and Mrs. Moore were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year. They      their car outside and went in. Mr. Moore had never got drunk (醉) before, so he was      not to drink too much,        his friends asked him to drink more        .

　　 During the party, Mrs. Moore found that she had      to bring her bag, so she asked her husband to go out to the car and       it for her. He      so, but on his way back to the hotel gate, he heard a car horn(喇叭) blowing near his own car. He thought        might be in need of help and went over to the car with the      . He found a small black bear sitting in the driving-seat and blowing the horn.

　　 When Mr. Moore        the party, he told several people about the bear, but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk. When he took them out of the hotel to        that his story was      , he found that the car with the       in it had gone. There were so many____about Mr. Moore's black bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement(廣告) in the newspaper;“If anyone saw a black bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel       the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…”

　 Two days later      Mrs. Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet (寵物) bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that       he had blown the horn.

Mrs. Richards did not      to think there was anything     about that.“Our bear likes blowing car horns,”she said,“and we don't       when we are not driving the car.”

1.A. pulled          B. stayed             C. left          D. hid

2.A. polite           B. careful            C. glad                  D. afraid

3. A. whether              B. until                C. Or                  D. though

4. A. all along        B. once again          C. just then     D. for ever

5. A. learned                 B. known            C. remembered       D. forgotten

6.A. buy           B. get               C. send               D. return

7.A. said    B. went               C. did                  D. thought

8. A. on                    B. someone           C. his wife      D. the bear

9.A. noise                   B. voice             C. cry                  D. shout

10.A. was sent to       B. was seated at       C. got rid of   D. got back to

11.A. show                B. notice             C. require             D. promise

12.A. interesting     B. correct            C. true                 D. exciting

13.A. horn                 B. bear               C. bag                 D. driving-seat

14. A. laughs    B. shouts        C. smiles   D. calls

15. A. for                   B. at                 C. in                   D. on

16. A. the                  B. a                  C. /            D. some

17.A. quickly                 B. completely         C. maybe              D. almost

18.A. mean               B. have              C. know              D. seem

19.A. useful                 B. strange              C. common            D. bad

20.A. agree                B. like                  C. mind                D. worry

Mr. and Mrs. Moore were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year. They     their car outside and went in. Mr. Moore had never got drunk (醉) before, so he was     not to drink too much,        his friends asked him to drink more       .
　　 During the party, Mrs. Moore found that she had     to bring her bag, so she asked her husband to go out to the car and       it for her. He      so, but on his way back to the hotel gate, he heard a car horn(喇叭) blowing near his own car. He thought        might be in need of help and went over to the car with the     . He found a small black bear sitting in the driving-seat and blowing the horn.
　　 When Mr. Moore        the party, he told several people about the bear, but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk. When he took them out of the hotel to        that his story was     , he found that the car with the       in it had gone. There were so many____about Mr. Moore's black bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement(廣告) in the newspaper;“If anyone saw a black bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel       the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…”
　 Two days later     Mrs. Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet (寵物) bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that       he had blown the horn.
Mrs. Richards did not     to think there was anything    about that.“Our bear likes blowing car horns,”she said,“and we don't       when we are not driving the car.”

Mr. and Mrs. Moore were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year. They1their car outside and went in. Mr. Moore had never got drunk (醉) before, so he was2not to drink too much, 3 his friends asked him to drink more4.
　　 During the party, Mrs. Moore found that she had5to bring her bag, so she asked her husband to go out to the car and 6it for her. He 7so, but on his way back to the hotel gate, he heard a car horn(喇叭) blowing near his own car. He thought 8 might be in need of help and went over to the car with the9. He found a small black bear sitting in the driving-seat and blowing the horn.
　　 When Mr. Moore 10the party, he told several people about the bear, but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk. When he took them out of the hotel to 11 that his story was12, he found that the car with the 13in it had gone. There were so many14about Mr. Moore's black bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement(廣告) in the newspaper;“If anyone saw a black bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel 15the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…”
　 Two days later16Mrs. Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet (寵物) bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that 17he had blown the horn.
Mrs. Richards did not18to think there was anything19about that.“Our bear likes blowing car horns,”she said,“and we don't 20when we are not driving the car.”

1. 1.
   1. A.
      pulled
   2. B.
      stayed
   3. C.
      left
   4. D.
      hid
2. 2.
   1. A.
      polite
   2. B.
      careful
   3. C.
      glad
   4. D.
      afraid
3. 3.
   1. A.
      whether
   2. B.
      until
   3. C.
      Or
   4. D.
      though
4. 4.
   1. A.
      all along
   2. B.
      once again
   3. C.
      just then
   4. D.
      for ever
5. 5.
   1. A.
      learned
   2. B.
      known
   3. C.
      remembered
   4. D.
      forgotten
6. 6.
   1. A.
      buy
   2. B.
      get
   3. C.
      send
   4. D.
      return
7. 7.
   1. A.
      said
   2. B.
      went
   3. C.
      did
   4. D.
      thought
8. 8.
   1. A.
      on
   2. B.
      someone
   3. C.
      his wife
   4. D.
      the bear
9. 9.
   1. A.
      noise
   2. B.
      voice
   3. C.
      cry
   4. D.
      shout
10. 10.
    1. A.
       was sent to
    2. B.
       was seated at
    3. C.
       got rid of
    4. D.
       got back to
11. 11.
    1. A.
       show
    2. B.
       notice
    3. C.
       require
    4. D.
       promise
12. 12.
    1. A.
       interesting
    2. B.
       correct
    3. C.
       true
    4. D.
       exciting
13. 13.
    1. A.
       horn
    2. B.
       bear
    3. C.
       bag
    4. D.
       driving-seat
14. 14.
    1. A.
       laughs
    2. B.
       shouts
    3. C.
       smiles
    4. D.
       calls
15. 15.
    1. A.
       for
    2. B.
       at
    3. C.
       in
    4. D.
       on
16. 16.
    1. A.
       the
    2. B.
       a
    3. C.
       /
    4. D.
       some
17. 17.
    1. A.
       quickly
    2. B.
       completely
    3. C.
       maybe
    4. D.
       almost
18. 18.
    1. A.
       mean
    2. B.
       have
    3. C.
       know
    4. D.
       seem
19. 19.
    1. A.
       useful
    2. B.
       strange
    3. C.
       common
    4. D.
       bad
20. 20.
    1. A.
       agree
    2. B.
       like
    3. C.
       mind
    4. D.
       worry

Mr. and Mrs. Hill were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year. They ____ their car outside and went in. Mr. Hill had never got drunk(醉) before, so he was ____ not to drink too much, though his friends asked him ____ more all along.

During the party, Mrs. Hill found that she had _4__ to bring her bag, she asked her husband to go out to the car and get it for her. He ____ so, but on his way back to the hotel gate, he heard a car horn(喇叭) blowing near his own car. He thought ____ might be in need of help and he went over to the car with the noise. He found a bear sitting in the driving-seat and blowing the horn.

When Mr. Hill ____ the party, he told people about the bear but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk. When he took them out of the hotel to show that his story was ____, he found that the car with the ____ in it had gone. There were so many ____ about Mr. Hill’s bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement(廣告) in the newspaper,“If anyone saw a bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel ____ the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…”

Two days later Mrs. Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet(寵物) bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that ____ he had blown the born.

Mrs. Richards did not ____ to think there was anything ____ about that.“Our bear likes blowing car horns,”she said,“and we don’t ____ when we are not driving the car.”

1.A、pulled B、stayed C、parked D、hid

2.A、polite B、careful C、glad D、afraid

3.A、to drink B、drink C、drank D、drinking

4.A、learned B、known C、remembered D、forgotten

5.A、said B、went C、did D、thought

6.A、one B、someone C、his wife D、the bear

7.A、was sent to B、was seated at C、got red of D、got back to

8.A、interesting B、correct C、true D、exciting

9.A、horn B、bear C、bad D、driving-seat

10.A、laughs B、shouts C、smiles D、calls

11.A、for B、at C、in D、on

12.A、quickly B、completely C、maybe D、almost

13.A、mean B、have C、know D、seem

14.A、useful B、strange C、common D、bad

15.A、agree B、like C、mind D、worry

A Christmas Carol is a famous short novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only thinks about himself. He doesn't treat others nicely. He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley. Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so he was punished after he died. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn't want to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him.

That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and reminds Scrooge of his happier days as a child. Then the second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this year. Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares. He is so scared that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is only the next morning — Christmas Day!

He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person. He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people in need. He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true spirit of Christmas!

1. Who is the writer of A Christmas Carol?

A. Charles Dickens B. Jacob Marley

C. Scrooge D. Three ghosts

2. What is Scrooge like?

A. He laughs and smiles a lot.

B. He is mean and only thinks about himself.

C He is friendly.

D. He treats others nicely.

3. What happened to Marley after he died?

A. He went to the heaven (天堂).

B. He met three spirits.

C. He was punished.

D. He changed his life.

4. Which is NOT the true spirit of Christmas according to the passage?

A. Treating everyone with kindness and warmth.

B. The importance of sharing and giving love and joy.

C. Spreading love and joy everywhere you go.

D. Giving gifts to whoever you meet.

A Christmas Carol is a famous short novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only thinks about himself. He doesn't treat others nicely. He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley. Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so he was punished after he died. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn't want to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him.

That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and reminds Scrooge of his happier days as a child. Then the second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this year. Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares. He is so scared that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is only the next morning — Christmas Day!

He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person. He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people in need. He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true spirit of Christmas!

1. Who is the writer of A Christmas Carol?

A. Charles Dickens B. Jacob Marley

C. Scrooge D. Three ghosts

2. What is Scrooge like?

A. He laughs and smiles a lot.

B. He is mean and only thinks about himself.

C He is friendly.

D. He treats others nicely.

3. What happened to Marley after he died?

A. He went to the heaven (天堂).

B. He met three spirits.

C. He was punished.

D. He changed his life.

4. Which is NOT the true spirit of Christmas according to the passage?

A. Treating everyone with kindness and warmth.

B. The importance of sharing and giving love and joy.

C. Spreading love and joy everywhere you go.

D. Giving gifts to whoever you meet.

People who put a smiley face at the end of a message, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air.
I had some bad news this week. My manager informed me of this news via email. It was like hearing about the death of a loved one via pigeon. Bad news should only ever be delivered face to face or voice to voice.
We seem to celebrate our numerous methods of communication, but really there is no communication at all. I talk to my plants more than I talk to my neighbors, I get text messages that take me three hours to read because they’re written like this: “Hi, I ope you av a gr8 day. Call me La8tr.” I had an email from someone this week that read, “Da ut ov 2day are really annoying me!” Ut? I had to say this 20 times before I understood it. Youth has now become ut. Haven’t we taken enough from them—now we have to take their letters?
I had an email recently from a girl who used to live over the road from me as a child. She wrote, “Hi Shazia, howz u? Im sure u used 2 live across the road from me. We sumtimes played tennis 2 gever at the park and you was in your eliment. I am married now wif 3 daughters.” Then, to my horror, she ended the email with: “Im now teachin in Leeds. Luv Clare.”
Teaching? With English like this. It’s like saying you’re a train driver when you’ve never seen a train. It was like reading modern Morse code.
Getting bad news via email makes it seem so much worse than it actually is. Just a few lines, no emotion, no comfort, not really an explanation. Just a few cold hard words. It’s an excuse. Just write a few words and the problem of delivering it is no longer yours. A close friend recently told me she was very happy to announce she was getting married—and made the announcement by email. I don’t know how she didn’t fall off her chair with excitement while writing it. If you are really happy or really sad to announce something important, wouldn’t you like a human reaction? Some euphoria, elation, tears, a punch in the face?
I receive long text messages every day with information and explanations that I don’t bother reading. They’re boring, and annoy me. In the time it took someone to write me three laborious texts, they could have called, spoken to me, made some tea. People who put a smiley face at the end of a sentence, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air, because that’s the one I’d send back.
The telegram has been responsible for reporting world-shattering events when there were very few other options(選擇權). Now we have options, and people opt for the least humane one. My mum, in an attempt to get down with the ut of today, asked me to teach her to text. Now she constantly texts me in block capitals, so it looks as if she is still angry and annoyed with me after all these years.
People don’t even write by hand any more. My doctor prints out prescriptions from his computer; even my mechanic prints out a receipt. I get typed Christmas cards and my friends send me emails. I get very excited when hand-written letters come through my door, only because they rarely do.
When I was at school, the girls used to write letters to each other, even though we sat side by side and spoke to one another all day. I think it was a way of expressing private things we were afraid to say when we were 14 and too shy. We used to write things like, “You are my best friend, can’t wait to sit next to you in math.”
I miss the personal method of communication. Once the pen was mightier than the sword, now it seems the keyboard is mightier than the pen.
【小題1】We can learn from paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 that the writer wants to say ________.

People who put a smiley face at the end of a message, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air.
I had some bad news this week. My manager informed me of this news via email. It was like hearing about the death of a loved one via pigeon. Bad news should only ever be delivered face to face or voice to voice.
We seem to celebrate our numerous methods of communication, but really there is no communication at all. I talk to my plants more than I talk to my neighbors, I get text messages that take me three hours to read because they’re written like this: “Hi, I ope you av a gr8 day. Call me La8tr.” I had an email from someone this week that read, “Da ut ov 2day are really annoying me!” Ut? I had to say this 20 times before I understood it. Youth has now become ut. Haven’t we taken enough from them—now we have to take their letters?
I had an email recently from a girl who used to live over the road from me as a child. She wrote, “Hi Shazia, howz u? Im sure u used 2 live across the road from me. We sumtimes played tennis 2 gever at the park and you was in your eliment. I am married now wif 3 daughters.” Then, to my horror, she ended the email with: “Im now teachin in Leeds. Luv Clare.”
Teaching? With English like this. It’s like saying you’re a train driver when you’ve never seen a train. It was like reading modern Morse code.
Getting bad news via email makes it seem so much worse than it actually is. Just a few lines, no emotion, no comfort, not really an explanation. Just a few cold hard words. It’s an excuse. Just write a few words and the problem of delivering it is no longer yours. A close friend recently told me she was very happy to announce she was getting married—and made the announcement by email. I don’t know how she didn’t fall off her chair with excitement while writing it. If you are really happy or really sad to announce something important, wouldn’t you like a human reaction? Some euphoria, elation, tears, a punch in the face?
I receive long text messages every day with information and explanations that I don’t bother reading. They’re boring, and annoy me. In the time it took someone to write me three laborious texts, they could have called, spoken to me, made some tea. People who put a smiley face at the end of a sentence, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air, because that’s the one I’d send back.
The telegram has been responsible for reporting world-shattering events when there were very few other options(選擇權). Now we have options, and people opt for the least humane one. My mum, in an attempt to get down with the ut of today, asked me to teach her to text. Now she constantly texts me in block capitals, so it looks as if she is still angry and annoyed with me after all these years.
People don’t even write by hand any more. My doctor prints out prescriptions from his computer; even my mechanic prints out a receipt. I get typed Christmas cards and my friends send me emails. I get very excited when hand-written letters come through my door, only because they rarely do.
When I was at school, the girls used to write letters to each other, even though we sat side by side and spoke to one another all day. I think it was a way of expressing private things we were afraid to say when we were 14 and too shy. We used to write things like, “You are my best friend, can’t wait to sit next to you in math.”
I miss the personal method of communication. Once the pen was mightier than the sword, now it seems the keyboard is mightier than the pen.

1. 1.

   We can learn from paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 that the writer wants to say ________.

   1. A.
      the spelling mistakes in the messages make her very annoyed
   2. B.
      only writing letters will bring friends and neighbors much closer
   3. C.
      she talks to plants more because no one shares her joys and sorrows
   4. D.
      gestures and the pen can express a lot more than the cold keyboard
2. 2.

   According to the writer, which of the following can support her opinion?

   1. A.
      She has been separated from all his classmates many years.
   2. B.
      No doctors write prescriptions by hand because of computers.
   3. C.
      In communication, we should write more letters than send messages.
   4. D.
      Less shy than school girls, boys rarely write letters to their friends.
3. 3.

   According to the passage, we can conclude that ________.

   1. A.
      the writer is a person full of emotions and treasures friendship and affections
   2. B.
      the writer becomes excited when she gets priceless gifts from other people
   3. C.
      her classmates would write to each other because they couldn’t send messages
   4. D.
      people put a smiley face at the end of a message just to show they are happy
4. 4.

   What message is conveyed in the passage?

   1. A.
      The writer wastes much time in reading many rubbish text messages every day.
   2. B.
      Few people can write letters well in modern society owing to texting messages.
   3. C.
      Now people are too busy to communicate with each other face to face often.
   4. D.
      The writer prefers personal communication rather than electronic equipment.
5. 5.

   Why does the writer mention the telegram?

   1. A.
      Because she thinks the annoyance of reading text messages is originated from it.
   2. B.
      Because we have more options to keep in touch with each other than ever before.
   3. C.
      Because advanced technology partly takes the blame for lacking the human touch.
   4. D.
      Because she thinks humans today become colder with the development of society.
6. 6.

   Which of the following best describe the tone of this passage?

   1. A.
      Optimistic.
   2. B.
      Critic.
   3. C.
      Sympathetic.
   4. D.
      Pessimistic.