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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
查看习题详情和答案>>Our neighbour's son was getting married at an out-of-town church, and my husband and I were invited. We immediately rushed out to a store, and I bought a nice pink dress with a jacket. The dress was a little tight, but I had a month to go before the June 30 wedding and I would lose a few pounds.
June 29 came and, of course, I hadn't lost a single pound; in fact I had gained two. But I figured a nice new girdle (紧身内衣) would cure everything. So on our way out of the city we stopped once again at the store. I ran in and told the clerk I needed a large-size girdle. The shop assistant found the box with the described girdle marked "LG", and asked if I would like to try it on. “Oh, no, a large will fit just right. I needn't try it on.”
The next morning was rather hot, so I waited to get dressed until about 45 minutes before time to go. I opened the box only to find a new girdle in a small size. Since it was too late to find another one and the dress wouldn't fit right without a girdle, a fight broke out in the hotel room between me and the girdle. Have you ever tried to shake 20 pounds of potatoes into a five-pound bag? That's it. Finally my husband, laughing like crazy, got hold of each side and shook me down into it. At once I put on the pink dress, which didn't match my red face well, and was ready to go.
Finally we got to the church. I heard one of the people say that they were having a High Mass. I turned to my husband and asked, "What is a High Mass?" He shrugged his shoulders.
Unfortunately, I learned that this particular mass would last one hour, twenty-two minutes and eight and one half seconds—the priest (神父) was going to bless everything except my girdle.
The author most probably bought a nice pink dress with a jacket ______.
A. 4 weeks later B. 4 weeks ago C. a fortnight ago D. a fortnight later
What had the author wanted to do with the tight dress?
A. To make herself thinner. B. To buy a large-size girdle.
C. To put on some weight. D. To shake herself into it.
Which of the following statements about the author is TRUE according to the story?
A. She was very lucky to buy a girdle to go with her dress.
B. She had no choice but to put on the dress without a girdle.
C. She complained to the shop assistant about her carelessness.
D. She managed to put on the girdle with her husband’s help.
The purpose of this passage is ______.
A. to show a husband’s selfless love B. to share an interesting experience
C. to describe a changeable girdle D. to tell us how to keep calm in trouble
What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Funny Wedding B. A Wise Decision C. A Tight Situation D. A Fierce Fight
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第二卷（非选择题共35分）
第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如没有错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个“√”，如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
One day Mrs. Smith went shopping. Since she came back 76.
home, she said to her husband, “I saw beautiful dress in 77.
a shop this morning. It costs fifty pounds.” “Fifty pounds to 78.
a cotton dress? That is very much!” But every evening Mrs. 79.
Smith spoke only the dress, and at last, after a week, 80.
her husband said, “Oh, buy the dress!” She was very happy. 81.
But the next day evening, when Mr. Smith returned home and 82.
asking, “Have you got the dress?”, she said, “No.” “Why not?” 83.
he said. “Well, it is still in the window of the shop in a 84.
week. I think, nobody else want this dress, so I don’t 85.
want it either!”
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was 31 to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always 32 －it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to 33 the sender’s identity and just 34 in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical，perfect white flower lying in 35 pink paper．
But I never stopped 36 who the giver might be．My mother 37 to these imaginations．She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special 38 who might be showing appreciation．I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had 39 me even though I didn’t know him．
One month 40 my high-school graduation．my father died．My feelings 41 from sorrow to fear and 42 ：my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life．I became completely 43 in my coming graduation，the senior-class play and the ball．But my mother would not hear of my 44 any of those things．Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress，but it was the 45 size．When my father died，I forgot about the dress．
The day before my ball，I found that dress——in the right size——over the living room sofa．It was 46 to me so lovingly．I didn’t 47 if I had a new dress or not．But my mother did．She wanted her children to feel 48 ，filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of 49 ．In truth，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia——lovely，strong and perfect——with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery．
My mother died ten days after l was married．The following year the gardenia stopped 50 ．
A．delivered B．taken C．brought D．given
A．helpful B．useless C．hopeful D．useful
A．realize B．check C．discover D．recognize
A．pleasant B．pleasing C．satisfied D．delighted
A．tough B．soft C．light D．hard
A．remembering B．imagining C．recalling D．considering
A．asked B．preferred C．contributed D．refer
A．job B．thing C．happiness D．kindness
A．watched B．noticed C．hated D．observed
A．before B．later C．ago D．after
A．differed B．suffered C．judged D．ranged
A．happiness B．depressing C．anger D．shock
A．interested B．unhappy C．disappointing D．uninterested
A．disappearing B．losing C．lost D．lacking
A．false B．proper C．right D．wrong
A．presented B．introduced C．awarded D．provided
A．wonder B．desire C．care D．doubt
A．loved B．respected C．honored D． loving
A．difficulty B．hardship C．sorrow D．sorry
A．appearing B．following C．presenting D． coming
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