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【题目】It wouldn’t be Christmas without a beautiful tree.

Days before the holiday season, Western children begin decorating (装饰)Christmas trees. They put colourful lights and stars on them. But the best things are the gifts (礼物) under the tree!

Where did the first Christmas tree come from? There are many stories about it.

One is about the German Martin Luther. He was walking through the forest (树林)one Christmas Eve. As he walked, he saw millions of stars above the ever-green (常绿的)trees.

He thought it was beautiful. He cut down a small tree and took it home. He put candles (蜡烛)on it.

Another story is about a poor woodman. He met a lost and hungry child on Christmas Eve. He was very poor himself, but gave the child food and a place to stay. He woke up the next morning to find a beautiful tree outside his door. The hungry child was in fact an angel(天使). He wanted to thank the woodman.

People first had Christmas trees in Germany in 1600s. Now there are different kinds of Christmas trees, even man-made ones. But they all have a very big star or an angel on the top.

( )1. The passage (短文)is about__________.

A. Christmas Eve B. Christmas Day

A.Christmas gifts D. Christmas trees

( )2. The passage tells us__________ stories about Christmas trees.

A. one B. two C. some D. many

( )3. People first had Christmas trees in a__________ country.

A. eastern B. western C. southern D. northern

( )4. “man-made ones”，here

A. Christmas gifts made by men

B. Christmas stars made at Christmas

C.Christmas trees made by men

D. Christmas holidays made by men

( )5. The best title (标题)for the passage is__________.

A. First Christmas Day

B. The Best Christmas Gifts

C.Beautiful Christmas Eve

D. Christmas Trees

Answer 1

【答案】1. D 2.B 3.B 4.C 5.D

【解析】

思路分析：本题应该先整体的通读文段，然后再通读试题，根据具体题目从文章中得出答案。

名师解析：1. 由句子Where did the first Christmas tree come from? There are many stories about it.第一棵圣诞树来自哪里？有许多关于它的故事。第二段的 one is意思是第一个小故事是……，第三段的another story is意思是另一个故事是……从而知道整篇文章讲了圣诞树的故事。可知答案为D。

2.由句子One is about the German Martin Luther. 一个是关于德国马丁卢瑟。Another story is about a poor woodman. 另一个故事是关于一个贫穷的樵夫。两个故事都是讲的圣诞树的来历以及装扮圣诞树的原因，所以说这篇文章讲了两个关于圣诞树的故事，古答案为B。

3.由句子People first had Christmas trees in Germany in 1600s. 第一棵圣诞树在17世纪的德国（出现）。Germany（德国）是西方国家，选项A意思是东方的，选项B意思是西方的，选项C意思是南方的，选项D意思是北方的，可知答案为B。

4. man-made ones意思是人造圣诞树，分析上文可知，ones代替圣诞树的意思，答案为C。

5.选项A意思是第一个圣诞节。选项B意思是最好的圣诞礼物。选项C意思是美丽的平安夜。选项D意思是圣诞树。分析全文可知，答案为 D。