戴尔美语练功坊 英检阅读测验(7/20日)
下面8个阅读克漏字填充题，内容取自生活英文，程度大约在英检中级程度，
同学可试做看看，了解自己的程度。
Christmas Day is one of the biggest festivals for most Western
countries. People __(1)__ Christmas five or six weeks before the big day.
The shops in the main streets are beautifully __(2)__ at night, and people
buy more than at any other time of the year.
A week or so before Christmas many people put up colored
lights in their houses and place Christmas trees in their living room.
More people now buy small trees __(3)__ plastics, which are not so
expensive as the real __(4)__. They do not look beautiful, but they can
be used for many years.
Children enjoy Christmas __(5)__ the presents they receive. They
are __(6)__ that these are brought by Santa Claus. On Christmas Eve they
hang stockings at the beds. When they wake up the __(7)__ morning they
find their presents in the stockings. The presents are actually put there
by their parents.
Many people have special Christmas dinner either in the middle
of the day or in the evening. __(8)__ the grown-ups give each other
presents.
1. (A)catch up with (B)get on with (C)get ready for (D)avail themselves of
2. (A)lit up (B)dressed up (C)stood up (D)fixed up
3. (A)composing of (B)consisted of (C)fashioned out of (D)faced with
4. (A)ones (B)those (C)these (D)others
5. (A)because (B)since (C)in spite of (D)on account of
6. (A)told (B)said (C)spoken (D)reported
7. (A)intriguing (B)ensuing (C)indicating (D)involving
8. (A)Backwards (B)Forwards (C)Afterwards (D)Towards
中文翻译
圣诞节是大部分西方国家最大的节日之一。人们在这个大日子之前的五
六个星期就在为圣诞节做准备。夜晚大街上的商店闪耀着美丽的灯光，而人
们此时购物也比一年中的其他十杰来的多。
圣诞节钱一周左右很多人会在屋子上装上彩色灯饰，在客厅放置圣诞树
。现在比较多人买用塑胶做的小圣诞树，它们不像真的圣诞树那么贵，看起
来不漂亮，但是可以用很多年。
小朋友喜欢圣诞节因为会收到礼物。大人告诉他们这些礼物是圣诞老公
公带来的。圣诞节的前夕他们把袜子挂在床前，次日早上醒来时，他们会发
现袜子里有他们的礼物，这些礼物其实是他们的父母亲放的。
很多人会在一天的中间或晚上举行圣诞大餐，之后成年人就会彼此赠送
礼物。
1. 答案：C
解析： (A)跟上~ (B)和~相处 (C)为~做准备 (D)利用~
2. 答案：A
解析：(A)light up 照亮 (B)dress up 盛装 (C)stand up 起立 (D)fix up 修理
3. 答案：C
解析：…small trees (which are)fashioned out of plastics
be fashioned out of 由~制造
be composed of = consist of 由~组成
be faced with~ 面临着~
4. 答案：A
解析：real ones = real Christmas trees
5. 答案：D
解析：on account of the presents (which)they receive
on account of = because of = due to + N 因为~
此处the presents是on account of的受词，选项(A)because
应该改成because of
6. 答案：A
解析：本句是被动语态。
People tell them that … 人们告诉他们 …
= They are told that … 他们被告知 …
7. 答案：B
解析：the ensuing morning = the next morning 第二天早上
8. 答案：C
解析：(A)adv. 向后地 (B)adv. 向前地 (C)adv. 在那之后 (D)prep. 朝着