12．It's a Christmas tradition that's more than half a century old．And it happened completely by accident．
It started in 1955，when a local Sears store in Colorado Springs，Colorado printed an ad，which included a spedial phone mumber kids could call to know where Santa's sleigh was at any given moment．Unfortunately，someone made a mistake in printing the phone mumber and kids were calling the wrong line．
A Colonel（上校） named Henry Shoup began answering his phong at what would become NORAD，the North American Aerospace Defence Command．At first，he thought it was a simple error of one caller．
But as the phone ketp ringing and tiny voices kept asking about Santa，Shoup realized he couldn't disappoint them．So he told the staff to issue updates to any one asking about the location of Santa．
The wrong turned into a custom of the holiday and kept growing in popularity，and NORAD finally decided to make it permanent．
It's become a holiday favourite ever since，adapting to whatever new technology has come along since．In the early days，it was a phone line．Then in the 60s，NORAD put out a special series of"reports"that was played on hundreds of radio stations across North America，broadcasting the Jolly Old Elf's exact position on Christmas Eve．
Think of it as kind of an early GPS without the computer gear．
Finally，came the Internet and NORAD has now transferred its annual watch onto the Web，with a site devoted to keeping tabs on the most famous journey in the world-what you might call the real amazing race，an around-the-world mission that has to be finished within 24hours．
This year's entry allows kids to track Santa in 3Dusing Google Earth and play games at the North Pole using the Kids Countdown Section，and it even offers Santa Cams which are only operational on the night before Christmas．
36．Why did children keep calling Henry Shoup？D
A．Because they wanted to play a joke on him．
B．Because they wanted to amuse him．
C．Because he knew where Santa exactly was．
D．Because they wanted to know where Santa's sleigh was．
37．What did Colonel Henry Shoup do when more and more children kept calling？C
A．He became annoyed and decided to tell them the truth．
B．He became excited and jioned them in searching Santa．
C．He thought quickly and took it seriously to satisfy their needs．
D．He laughed at them and took no notice of their calls．
38．What does"Jolly Old Elf"in Paragraph 6 most probably refer to？A
A．Santa Claus．
B．Colonel Henry Shoup．
C．NOARD．
D．The staff in Henry Shoup's charge．
39．According to the passage，how did people learn about the Jolly Old Elf's exact position in the 1960s？B
A．By calling a special phone mumber．
B．By listening to a special series of reports over the radio．
C．With the help of a kind of early GPS．
D．By scanning the spedial column in the newspaper．
40．The passage mainly tells usB．
A．a(chǎn)n old favorite holiday that develops along with new technology
B.50-year-old tracking Santa tradition that started by accident
C．a(chǎn) real amazing race，an around-the-world mission within 24 hours
D．a(chǎn) Colonel and the North American Aerospace Defence Command．

分析 本文為科教類說明文，文章向讀者介紹了圣誕節(jié)追蹤圣誕老人的習(xí)俗的由來；原本一家商店登廣告，為孩子們了解圣誕老人位置，但是電話號碼提供錯了，電話被誤打到NORAD，為了不使孩子們失望，上校 Henry Shoup 認(rèn)真地讓手下幫助解決孩子們的疑問，結(jié)果這個美麗的錯誤就逐漸演變成習(xí)俗，并且隨著技術(shù)的變化而調(diào)整．

解答 36．答案是D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題；由第二段中"a special phone number kids could call to know where Santa's sleigh was"可知，通過廣告中提供的號碼孩子們能了解到圣誕老人的雪橇的位置；但是由"someone made a mistake in printing the phone nmumber and kids were calling the wrong line"可知號碼打印錯誤，孩子們打錯了電話，由下一段可知，打到了NORAD，是Henry Shoup在接電話，故判斷孩子們誤打給Henry Shoup是為了了解圣誕老人雪橇的位置，答案選D．
37．答案是C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題；由第四段中"Shoup realized he couldn't disappoint them．So he told the staff to issue updates to any one asking about the location of Santa．"可知，Shoup不想讓孩子們失望，讓參謀解決每個孩子詢問的關(guān)于圣誕老人的位置的問題，由此判斷，Shoup認(rèn)真地對待這件事，故選C．
38．答案是A．詞義指代題；由上文可知，這個習(xí)俗就是告知孩子們圣誕老人的位置，故"Jolly Old Elf"指代圣誕老人，答案是A．
39．答案是B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題；由第六段中"Then in the 60s，NORAD put out a special series of"reports"that was played on hundreds of radio stations across North America"可知，60年代NORAD通過北美的電臺（radio stations）播報圣誕老人的位置，故選B．
40．答案是B．主旨大意題；文章第一段告訴讀者這個圣誕節(jié)的習(xí)俗由50多年的歷史，而它的出現(xiàn)完全是偶然；下文分析這個習(xí)俗是什么--追蹤圣誕老人的位置如何產(chǎn)生、習(xí)俗的演變；故選B．

點評 本文介紹了圣誕節(jié)追蹤圣誕老人位置這一習(xí)俗的由來；以細(xì)節(jié)題居多，閱讀要在整體理解文章的基礎(chǔ)上，在做細(xì)節(jié)題時根據(jù)題干定位細(xì)節(jié)，在語境中正確理解原句，然后對照選項做出合理的判斷；主旨大意的判斷要把握文章整體，避免以偏概全．

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1．It is，everyone agrees，a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak，and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation．
Language learning begins with listening．Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking，and late starters are often long listeners．Most children will"obey"spoken instructions some time before they can speak，though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child．Before they can speak，many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises．
Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties．It is agreed that they enjoy making noises，and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight，distress，sociability，and so on．But since these cannot be said to show the baby's intention to communicate，they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language．It is agreed，too，that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment，and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire （能發(fā)出的全部聲音）．This self-imitation leads on to deliberate （有意識的） imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people．The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech．

111．By"…challenges explanation"Line 2，Para.1．the author means thatC．
A．no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon
B．no explanation has been made up to now
C．it's no easy job to provide an adequate explanation
D．it's high time that an explanation was provided
112．The third paragraph is mainly aboutA．
A．the development of babies'early forms of language
B．the difficulties of babies in learning to speak
C．babies'strong desire to communicate
D．babies'intention to communicate
113．The author's purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that childrenD．
A．usually obey without asking questions
B．a(chǎn)re passive in the process of learning to speak
C．a(chǎn)re born cooperative 
D．learn to speak by listening
114．From the passage we learn thatC．
A．early starters can learn to speak within only six months
B．children show a strong desire to communicate by making noises
C．imitation plays an important role in learning to speak
D．children have various difficulties in learning to speak
115．The best title for this passage would beA．
A．How Babies Learn to Speak   
B．Early Forms of Language
C．A Huge Task for Children    
D．Noise Making and language Learning．

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