Ⅱ. 完形填空(10分)

There is a very famous holiday named Christmas in western (西方的) countries. It’s always   16   the same day every year—December 25th. Everybody in Britain 17   Christmas, but   18   ready for Christmas is very hard. There are so many things to do.

The   19   t hing is that you have enough food. People usually have   20 during the Christmas dinner. Also, of course, you have to make a big Christmas cake. There are all kinds of fruits in the Christmas cake. You also need many   21   things for Christmas.

Father usually buys a Christmas tree. He   22   it home, and then c hildren decorate it with some lights and they usually put a star on top of the tree. Everybody 23   presents to each other for Christmas. We put the presents o n the floor under the tree   24   Christmas Eve (平安夜). Nobody can open their presents   25 Christmas Day!

(  )16. A. about     B. in        C. on       D. at

(  )17. A. enjoys    B. hates     C. brings     D. practises

(  )18. A. getting    B. got      C. get        D. gets

(  )19. A. second    B. good     C. first       D. third

(  )20. A. fun       B. rice      C. sale       D. soup

(  )21. A. other     B. another   C. else       D. the other

(  )22. A. teaches   B. learns     C. hands     D. carries

(  )23. A. orders    B. borrows   C. gives      D. lends

(  )24. A. on       B. in        C. for        D. about

(  )25. A. after      B. when     C. until      D. as

Ⅲ. 阅读理解(20分)

根据所给材料，完成下列问题。

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I’m Alice and I’m a reporter. Today I talked with three students. And I asked them some questions about school meals. Let’s see what they think of their school meals.

Jack, a ten-yea r old boy, said, “I don’t like my school meals at all, because the food is terrible and the drinks are too expensive.”

Mary, a shy girl in a red dress, said, “I don’t eat school meals, but I would like to eat them because my brother says they are nice.”

Tom, a little boy with glasses, said, “My school doesn’t have school meals, so we have to eat sandwiches. I would like to eat school meals, but I don’t want to see potato in the school meals. I would like to have hamburgers and French fries.”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

(   )26. What does Alice do?

A. She’s a reporter.        B. She is a student.

C. She’s a teacher.    D. She is a policewoman.

(   )27. Why doesn’t Jack like his school meals?

A. Because the food and the drinks are really terrible.

B. Because the food is terrible and the drinks are expensive.

C. Because the drinks are terrible and the food is expensive.

D. Because there is always potato in the school meals.

(   )28. What can we learn about Mary?