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    Boxing Day

    　　People all know that December 25th is Christmas Day for Americans and other westerners．Yet not all people know Boxing Day．

    　　Boxing Day is a holiday observed on December 26th, or the first weekday after Christmas．And it is a festival only for those service persons such as postmen, errand boys, newspaper boys, milkmen, etc．On that day, families traditionally give Christmas boxes to those service workers．It is a custom, but nobody is certain how it was originated．

    　　A popular legend tells us the story．There was once a wealthy lady called Chatter in England．One morning many, many years ago, it snowed very heavily．Chatter was waiting anxiously for a very important letter from her boyfriend．Then a postboy came and gave her the letter．She was so delighted that she gave him a box containing gifts．Later on more and more people followed her example．As time went by, giving boxes of gifts to service persons became a custom in Britain．Later the custom spread to the British Commonwealth and America．In the United States, some people give their employees money instead of boxes nowadays．

    (1)

    “Boxing Day is a holiday observed on December 26th, or the first weekday after Christmas．” In the sentence “the first weekday” refers to _________．

    [　　]

    A．

    Monday

    B．

    Sunday

    C．

    Saturday

    D．

    Friday

    (2)

    Boxing Day is day on which _________．

    [　　]

    A．

    those service persons would box each other．

    B．

    service workers would give boxes to each other．

    C．

    the employees receive boxes from service workers．

    D．

    service workers receive boxes from the employers．

    (3)

    According to a popular legend story, Boxing Day originated from _________．

    [　　]

    A．

    America

    B．

    Australia

    C．

    England

    D．

    British Commonwealth

    (4)

    On Boxing Day, a service worker receives a box _________．

    [　　]

    A．

    containing nothing

    B．

    made of wood

    C．

    which is beautiful

    D．

    of gifts

    (5)

    On Boxing Day in the United States nowadays, _________．

    [　　]

    A．

    all the service workers receive money instead of boxes from their employees．

    B．

    people give the service workers boxes only．

    C．

    some people give money to the service workers, others will give boxes．

    D．

    people don’t give boxes or money to the service workers．

    答案：1．A;2．D;3．C;4．D;5．C;
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