“I don’t believe in Santa Claus!” Trogmire announced.

Tremor looked shocked. “Why not?” he asked.

“Because he never leaves me any gifts at all,” Trogmire growled.

Tremor thought about the evidence for a few seconds. “Maybe,” he suggested, “it’s because when Santa checked his list, your name wasn’t in the ‘nice’ column.”

“So, he could at least bring me a lump of coal!” Trogmire replied. “And,” he went on, “Troubled doesn’t believe in Santa, either.”

“Right,” Tremor said, “because he saw his parents putting the ‘From Santa’ presents under the tree. But I know the truth about that. My mother found out from Troubled’s mother. When Troubled’s parents got an e-mail from Santa, saying that he would never bring Troubled another gift, they didn’t want to tell him the truth. So now they buy presents and pretend they’re from Santa.”

“What did Troubled do to get Santa so mad?” Trogmire questioned.

“I think it had something to do with the time he put glue paper all over the living room floor on Christmas Eve, and left a sign that said, ‘Trapped like a rat!’ hanging over the fireplace.” said Tremor.

“I guess Santa doesn’t have a sense of humour,” sighed Trogmire. “Well, at least I’m not the only one who Santa scratched off his name list.”

1.Why doesn’t Santa leave presents for Trogmire or Troubled?

    A．Their parents won’t let him leave gifts.          B．He can’t find their homes.

    C．He often forgets their names.    D．They have behaved badly.

2.Trogmire and Troubled don’t believe in Santa because ________.

    A．Santa has no sense of humor      B．Santa doesn’t give them anything

    C．they are too naughty to believe  D．Tremor convinced them he wasn’t real

3.Troubled’s parents never ________.

    A．told him about the message from Santa              B．loved him very much

    C．cared about how he behaved                   D．bought him anything

4.Trogmire’s last comment could be an example of the saying _______.

    A．Misery(苦难,不幸) loves company        B．Easy come, easy go

    C．Beauty is only skin deep             D．Love me, love my dog

“I don’t believe in Santa Claus!” Trogmire announced.
Tremor looked shocked. “Why not?” he asked.
“Because he never leaves me any gifts at all,” Trogmire growled.
Tremor thought about the evidence for a few seconds. “Maybe,” he suggested, “it’s because when Santa checked his list, your name wasn’t in the ‘nice’ column.”
“So, he could at least bring me a lump of coal!” Trogmire replied. “And,” he went on, “Troubled doesn’t believe in Santa, either.”
“Right,” Tremor said, “because he saw his parents putting the ‘From Santa’ presents under the tree. But I know the truth about that. My mother found out from Troubled’s mother. When Troubled’s parents got an e-mail from Santa, saying that he would never bring Troubled another gift, they didn’t want to tell him the truth. So now they buy presents and pretend they’re from Santa.”
“What did Troubled do to get Santa so mad?” Trogmire questioned.
“I think it had something to do with the time he put glue paper all over the living room floor on Christmas Eve, and left a sign that said, ‘Trapped like a rat!’ hanging over the fireplace.” said Tremor.
“I guess Santa doesn’t have a sense of humour,” sighed Trogmire. “Well, at least I’m not the only one who Santa scratched off his name list.”
【小题1】Why doesn’t Santa leave presents for Trogmire or Troubled?

第三节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

         阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为41~50的相应位置。

Long ago the Emperor decided to hold a swimming race between 13 different animals. The order in which they finished would decide the order of their   41   (appear) in the Chinese calendar. All the animals lined up on the river bank and   42   (give) the task of getting to the opposite shore. The cat wondered how he would get across   43   he was afraid of water. The ox worried how he would cross   44   his poor eyesight. The calculating rat suggested that he and the cat   45   (jump) onto the ox's back and guide him across. The ox, steady and hard-working, did not notice the two animals on his back. In the meanwhile, the rat ran behind the unsuspecting cat and pushed   46   into the water. As the ox came ashore, the rat jumped off and finished the race first.   47   the rat got the first year   48   (name) after him and the ox got the second year.   49   the lazy pig reached the finish line in 12th place the race was over and he was awarded the final place on the calendar. From that day the cat,   50   never finished and lost his place on the calendar, became the enemy of the rat.

第三节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为41~50的相应位置。
Long ago the Emperor decided to hold a swimming race between 13 different animals. The order in which they finished would decide the order of their  41   (appear) in the Chinese calendar. All the animals lined up on the river bank and  42   (give) the task of getting to the opposite shore. The cat wondered how he would get across  43   he was afraid of water. The ox worried how he would cross  44   his poor eyesight. The calculating rat suggested that he and the cat  45   (jump) onto the ox's back and guide him across. The ox, steady and hard-working, did not notice the two animals on his back. In the meanwhile, the rat ran behind the unsuspecting cat and pushed  46   into the water. As the ox came ashore, the rat jumped off and finished the race first.  47   the rat got the first year  48   (name) after him and the ox got the second year.  49   the lazy pig reached the finish line in 12th place the race was over and he was awarded the final place on the calendar. From that day the cat,  50   never finished and lost his place on the calendar, became the enemy of the rat.

  阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为31～40的相应位置上。

Long ago the Emperor decided to hold a swimming race between 13 different animals. The order in which they finished would decide the order of their   31   (appear) in the Chinese calendar. All the animals lined up on the river bank and   32   (give) the task of getting to the opposite shore. The cat wondered how he would get across   33   he was afraid of water. The ox worried how he would cross   34   his poor eyesight. The calculating rat suggested that he and the cat   35   (jump) onto the ox's back and guide him across. The ox, steady and hard-working, did not notice the two animals on his back. In the meanwhile, the rat ran behind the unsuspecting cat and pushed   36   into the water. As the ox came ashore, the rat jumped off and finished the race first.   37   the rat got the first year   38   (name) after him and the ox got the second year.   39   the lazy pig reached the finish line in 12^th place the race was over and he was awarded the final place on the calendar. From that day the cat,   40   never finished and lost his place on the calendar, became the enemy of the rat.