It is （） in England to eat turkey on Christmas Day.

On Christmas Day, people often ______ to each other.

A．give money

B．ask for money

C．ask for presents

D．give presents

On Christmas Eve--the night before Christmas Day children are very happy. They put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to bed. They want Father Christmas to give them some presents.

Mr. Green tells his children that Father Christmas is a very kind man. He comes on Christmas Eve. He lands on top of each house and comes down the chimney into the fireplace and brings them a lot of presents.

Christmas Day always begins before breakfast. The children wake up very early. They can't wait to open the presents in their stockings. Then they wake up their parents and call: "Merry Christmas!"

Do you know what Christmas means? Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ. When Christ was born, many people gave him presents. So today, people still do the same thing to each other.

Christmas Eve is ______.

A．the night before December 24

B．the night after December 25

C．the night of December 25

D．the night of December 24

根据以下材料回答第 1～4 题：

Passage One

On Christmas Eve—the night before Christmas Day children are very happy．They

put their stockings at the end of their beds begins before they go to bed．They want FatherChristmas to give them some presents．

Mr．Green tells his children that Father Christmas is a very kind man．He comes onChristmas Eve．He lands on top of each house and comes down the chimney into the fireplace and brings them a lot of presents．

Christmas Day always begins before breakfast．The children wake up very early．

They can’t wait to open the presents in their stockings．Then they wake up their parentsand call：“Merry Christmas!”

Do you know what Christmas means?Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ．

When Christ was born，many people gave him presents．So today，people still do the samething to each other．

第 36 题 Christmas Eve is ．

Samuel Slater was born in Belper, England, in 1768. On completion of his seven year apprenticeship in an English spinning mill, he was apparently so worried about the growth, and hence saturation, of the industry in the United Kingdom that, in 1789, without the knowledge of his family, Slater traveled to America at the age of 21. This was done in secret; it was illegal at the time to export anything to the U.S. relating to machinery, including engineers. Also, the U. S. was offering rewards for textile information.

Arriving in New York, it was not long before he learned of the experimental work of Moses Brown and William Almy, in Pawtucket, with more advanced machines than the Spinning Jennys used in New York. Initially without any contract, and working alongside the engineers already employed at the Almy and Brown mill, Slater successfully reworked a spinning frame. along the lines of Arkwright's Water Frame. This three months of work resulted in a partnership with Almy and Brown. He understood the whole spinning process and knew which machines were vital to overall success of a mill.

However, that management training and knowledge really came into its own over the next two years as Slater labored to educate the embryonic textile industry and businessmen in the techniques that had proved so successful in Belper. Without these, Slater believed the industry would not flourish. In particular, his aim was to maximize the output from the machinery and develop the market place in order to sell all the yarn that could be produced. Prior to this, the philosophy of Almy and Brown was to produce only to order. By 1792, Slater had proved, through the use of his Belper-learned management techniques, that he could make spinning a profitable business. This led to building the Old Slater Mill—the first successful U. S. cotton spinning mill. Slater's view was to concentrate on a specific aspect and specialize. The other partners believed in covering the whole textile process through to finished goods, including knitting. As a result, in 1797, Slater broke away and built his own larger mill—the White Mill. Following the success of Slater's business, the cotton industry really took off and over the next ten or so years, over eighty mills developed. Slater has been called both the "Father of American Industry", and the "Founder of the American Industrial Revolution".

What does the second paragraph mainly discuss?

A．Slater's arrival in America.

B．New York and the Almy and Brown mill.

C．The first three months and achievement of a partnership.

D．Slater's understanding of the spinning process.

During the Christmas shopping rush in London, the interesting story was reported of a tramp (流浪者) who, apparently though no fault of his own, found himself locked in a well-known chain store late on Christmas Eve. No doubt the store was crowded with last-minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beat and longing to get home. Probably all the proper security checks were made before the store was locked and they left to enjoy the three-day holiday untroubled by customers desperate to get last-minute Christmas presents.

However ridiculous that may be, our tramp found himself alone in the store and decided to make the best of it. There was food, drink, bedding and camping equipment, of which he made good use. There must also have been television sets and radios. Though it was not reported if he took advantage of these facilities, when the shop reopened he was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seems to have been a man of good humor as indeed tramps very commonly are.

Everyone else was enjoying Christmas, so he saw no good reason why he should not do the same. He yielded himself cheerfully, and was taken by the police. Perhaps he had had a better Christmas than usual. He was sent to prison for seven days. Tile judge awarded no compensation (赔偿) to the chain store for the food and drink our tramp had consumed. They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the story revealed in the newspaper and on television Perhaps the judge had a good Christmas, too.

The tramp was locked in the store ______.

A．for 7 days

B．on purpose

C．by accident

D．for security reasons

A、Schools and colleges close for two weeks

B、Business firms are lenient about giving leave to employees for the Christmas visit to their homes

C、Parents welcome their children and grandchildren home and often open their doors to friends and

strangers

D、All of the above

They said that England was paying ______ for having been the first country to experience the industrial revolution.

A．positively

B．dearly

C．sensitively

D．emotionally

It is known to every one that the film is ______ a real event.

A．based on

B．built on

C．looked on

D．carried on

In England everyone talks about the weather. It is the most common subject. They start talking like this, "Do you think it will rain?" "Isn't it a fine day?"

Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they never agree with each other. One may say, "Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It's going to rain tomorrow." The other may say, "But it's going to clear up."

People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it is going to rain, and he won't believe anything else. When friends have a picnic, they are so sure the sky is going to become clear very quickly that they won't sit eating their lunch while it rains.

Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he doesn't tell them what they want. He will come closer to being correct than anyone else.

English people usually start their talking by ______ .

A．asking their names

B．saying something about the weather

C．saying "sorry" to each other