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     Chrismas is coming.Its one of the most important holidays in the 1countries,such as America,England and Australia. But have you heard any 2  about Christmas? Here is one. 

     It is said that there was a farmer who 3 a poor boy on a cold windy Christmas Eve and gave him a big Christmas meal. The boy was very 4 . He cut a branch of a fir tree and inserted it into the earth. He said,

     “At this time of every year,there will be many presents on this branch. I hope I can 5 your favor by this beautiful fir tree. w After the boy left,the farmer discovered that the branch had grown up as a big tree. Then he 6 that the boy was someone from God.

     This is the origin of Christmas. In western countries,every family will prepare a Christmas tree to 7  the happiness of Christmas. Christmas trees are 8  trees like fir trees because green trees mean long lives. People put Christmas presents on the tree 9  under the tree. At Christmas people sing and dance happily,and enjoy 10  around the tree.

() 1. A. southern   B. northern   C. eastern   D. western

() 2. A. news   B. information   C. stories   D. surveys

() 3. A. refused   B. served   C. asked   D. thanked

() 4. A. helpful   B. thankful   C. forgetful   D. useful

() 5. A. care about   B. look for   C. pick up   D. pay back

() 6. A. realized   B. wondered   C. remembered   D. reminded

() 7. A. increase   B. reduce   C. stop   D. cut

() 8. A. red   B. green   C. yellow   D. brown

() 9. A. if   B. so   C. or   D. but

() 10. A. they   B. them   C. their   D. themselves

F    閱讀提示：圣誕節(jié)是西方國(guó)家最重要的節(jié)日之一。本文講述了一個(gè)關(guān)于圣誕節(jié)起源的小故事，還介紹了西方國(guó)家慶祝圣誕節(jié)的一 些活動(dòng)。

1. D由后面列舉的一些國(guó)家America,England and Australia可知，圣誕節(jié)是“西方”國(guó)家最重要的節(jié)日之一。

2. C第二段講述了一個(gè)關(guān)于圣誕節(jié)的故事，故此處應(yīng)選stories。

3. B由后面的“gave him a big Christmas meal”可知，此處是指“招待”了一個(gè)可憐的男孩。

4. B對(duì)于農(nóng)民的招待，男孩應(yīng)該很感激。thankful意為“感激的”， 符合句意。

5. D本句意為:我希望我可以通過(guò)這棵漂亮的冷杉樹來(lái)回報(bào)你的恩惠。

pay back為常用短語(yǔ)，意為“回報(bào)，報(bào)答”。

6. A男孩一離開，插在地上的樹枝就長(zhǎng)成了大樹。由此可推斷，此處是指農(nóng)民“意識(shí)到”男孩是從上帝那里來(lái)的某個(gè)人。

7. A圣誕樹應(yīng)該可以“增加”圣誕節(jié)的快樂。increase意為“增加”，符合句意。

8. B 由后面的“because green trees mean long lives”可知，此處是指圣誕樹是像冷杉樹一樣“綠色的”樹。

9. C on the tree和under the tree為選擇關(guān)系，故此處應(yīng)選or。

10. D enjoy oneself為常用短語(yǔ)，意為“玩得開心，過(guò)得愉快

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