Question

短文还原

On Christmas Eve—the night before Christmas Day—children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep.1.

   2.He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace. He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents.

   3.In Jim and Kate's house, “Father Christmas” is really Mr. Green. Mr. Green doesn’t climb down the chimney. 4.Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents. When they were very young, Mr. Green sometimes wore a red coat. But he doesn't do that now. The children are no longer young, and they know who “Father Christmas ‘really is5.

A. Of course, Father Christmas isn’t real.

B. But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds.

C. Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night.

D. Father Christmas is very kind and wise.

E. He waits until the children are asleep.

F. We often say “Merry Christmas” to each other.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.E

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了在圣诞节的时候，孩子们在床头放袜子的目的就是放圣诞老人带给他们的礼物，随着孩子们慢慢地长大，孩子们知道了圣诞老人真正是谁了。

1.根据children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep.可知，孩子们在床头放袜子的目的就是放圣诞老人带给他们的礼物，故选C。

2.根据He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace.可知，这里叙述的是圣诞老人是怎样来的，所以上句应该也是对圣诞老人的叙述，圣诞老人是很善良的和聪明的，故选D。

3.根据In Jim and Kate's house, “Father Christmas” is really Mr. Green.可知，圣诞老人是格林先生，所以上句叙述的是圣诞老人不是真的，故选A。

4.根据Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents.可知，开始圣诞老人开始先等着孩子们都睡了，然后他再悄悄地进入卧室，把礼物放到袜子里，故选E。

5.根据The children are no longer young, and they know who “Father Christmas ‘really is.可知，孩子们知道了真相，就互相说圣诞节快乐，故选B。