题目内容
There are good Santas and there are bad Santas. The good Santas all realize one thing: In the mind of a child, Santa Claus is perfect.
That’s difficult. And so they come from around the world to attend the Charles W. Howard School in Midland, Mich. The school offers a three-day, 40-hour course for Santas hoping to be excellent. A former Macy’s Santa named Charles Howard founded the Michigan school in 1937. “Many people will think if you have a suit and you’re a Santa,” said Tom Valent, the school’s current dean. “It’s more than that.”
The school teaches everything from breathing techniques for carol singing to the beard maintenance. There are lessons in child psychology, sign language and even media training for talk-show appearances and call-in shows. Santas also need to make sure they know all the names of the reindeer(驯鹿). What’s harder to deal with, however, is children who ask for Christmas gifts like bringing daddy home or making mommy happy again.
After spending time in the classroom, Weir went to the mall to test his training. However, at one point, his hat fell off, and he was unsure how to react. “You’re the real Santa,” Valent said. “Pick that hat up, slip it back on, keep smiling and do your job. You’ve got to stay on top of your game. Even the last one at night, when you’re tired, you’ve got to remember: This one’s forever, so do a good job.”
According to the passage, good Santas should be the ones that ______.
A. can offer the children some gifts
B. help adults look after their children
C. have ability to make children happy
D. should be perfect in the mind of children
The Michigan school was founded by Charles Howard with the purpose to ______.
A. train the pet reindeer for the Santas
B. earned money from its students
C. train perfect Santas for the world
D. show the world’s concern to the poor
According to Weir’s performance, we can conclude that ______.
A. Weir was short of experience
B. Weir was not fit for the job as a Santa
C. Weir did very badly in the game
D. Weir was not a good student in school
单词拼写(共10小题,满分5分)
This v________ became active last year with a series of eruption.
Motorists are warned to slow down and take extra care in f _______ conditions.
How can a responsible father d ______his wife and two children and be here alone?
To live in a world without you is more painful than any punishment. And no one can r_____ you in my heart.
His writings have been_________ (影响) by his mother.
Your v______ is too small; you need to learn more words.
Why do I always become the t_____ of the thief?
The performance of the host, i_______ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with cold silence, however.
I didn’t dare to speak aloud or even w________ to her what was in my mind.
Even the best doctor in the country can not c_____ him of his disease .
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阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示, 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。（每题1分；共10分）
Last weekend we went mountain climbing. Even the heavy rain in the morning could not????? （阻止）us from going. S____ off vey early, we went along an extremely narrow road, all in high ????? . On both sides of the road were green fields and some farm houses. We could hear the ????? of the rain and our footsteps ______（混合）with our laughter. At noon we reached the top of the mountain. What surprised us _____there was the beauty of the scenes.????? having a short rest and sharing food we ????? （带）, we started going down. It rained even more h????? . We were w____ to the skin, but we still sang and laughed happily.
1.This v________ became active last year with a series of eruption.
2.Motorists are warned to slow down and take extra care in f _______ conditions.
3.How can a responsible father d ______his wife and two children and be here alone?
4.To live in a world without you is more painful than any punishment. And no one can r_____ you in my heart.
5.His writings have been_________ (影响) by his mother.
6.Your v______ is too small; you need to learn more words.
7.Why do I always become the t_____ of the thief?
8.The performance of the host, i_______ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with cold silence, however.
9.I didn’t dare to speak aloud or even w________ to her what was in my mind.
10.Even the best doctor in the country can not c_____ him of his disease .
