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第二节：完形填空 阅读下面短文，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 This coming Saturday is Christmas, the biggest holiday in America and many other countries． Christmas is the day on which people celebrate（庆祝）the 36 of Jesus Christ． It is also the day that celebrates a universal spiritual（神圣的） 37 : Peace and goodwill to all people． 38 expresses the spirit of the holiday more than 39 ． More than any other holiday in America, Christmas moves people to write, play and sing music． There are religious（宗教的）songs, 40 joy or a sense of spiritual mystery（奥秘）． People sing Christmas songs in churches and at schools． They hear them on the radio, in stores, and 41 on street corners． More groups of people get together to sing at Christmas 42 at any other time of the year． When groups of people go from house to house singing Christmas songs, it is called “caroling(唱圣歌)”． From our house to yours, we will 43 some of the many different kinds of music for the Christmas holiday． Christmas is a time 44 many churches and schools give special holiday 45 ． There also are large group singing events called “sing along”, 46 by concert halls． Many Christmas songs sound most 47 when sung by a large group． Christmas is a holiday with special 48 for children． Many families 49 the tradition of Santa Claus（圣诞老人）．Stories tell us that Santa Claus is an old man with a white beard, 50 wears red clothing．On the night 51 Christmas, he flies through the air in a sleigh（雪橇） 52 by eight reindeer．He brings gifts of candy and toys to girls and boys． 53 , the stories say, you must be 54 all through the year… or Santa Claus might not 55 at your house． “Santa Claus is coming to Town” is one of the best-loved popular songs of Christmas． The words of the song are especially full of fun．
第三部分：阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Hello, I am a book． Right now you are looking at me． You are reading me． I am happy when you read me． Did I tell you about me？Well, here is my story． Long ago people had no books．There was no writing at all． So they drew pictures to tell stories．Then Chinese people started to use picture-letters． About 3, 000 years ago, people in the West started to use an alphabet（字母表）． With the letters and alphabet, people started writing． At that time, people wrote on a long piece of paper． They rolled（卷）it up and that became a kind of book． Later someone put pieces of paper together and bound（装订）them, and I was born!But people had to spend a long time when they made a copy of a book with many pages． Then people cut letters on wood, and printing started． About 750 years ago, Korean people made metal type for the first time．It was a big change in printing．About 550 years ago, Gutenberg, a German, made a printing machine．It was an important step in printing．After he made the machine, printing became very easy．Today libraries are full of books． That is my story．I am here to help you study．So, please read me often, I am happy when you read me． 56．How did the people tell stories when there was no books？ A．They wrote to tell stories &nb
