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Dear,

　　I hope you are well.

　　I am always very busy at this time of the year. There 1 (be) so many jobs to do. I have to 2 (clean) and polish (擦亮)the sleigh (雪撬) and groom (修饰)the reindeer(驯鹿). Then there are all those presents to sort out(分类). I hardly have time to stop for something to eat. Mind you, I have been trying 3 (not eat) too much. I 4 (begin) to get a bit too fat to get down some of the chimneys ！

　　Have you been busy 5 (find) presents for your family？

　　What would you like to give to them？ Last year I 6 (receive) two hundred and fifty bottles of aftershave(剃须后使用的润肤液). I wouldn't mind, but I have a beard(胡子)！

　　Do you know what you would like for Christmas？ Perhaps you 7 (tell) me when you write to me. I would like some warm socks and some thick gloves. It's very cold sitting on that sleigh in the middle of winter！

　　This year I have a new reindeer, I 8 (no think) of a name for him yet. Do you have any ideas？ I'd love to hear them if you do.

　　Well, I suppose I had better 9 (get) back to work. Please 10 (write) to me and tell me all about yourself and your family and your friends. I would love to hear from you.

　　Merry Christmas

Santa

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案标号填写在本题下面相应题号后的横线上。选项中有两项多余选项。

—Now, tell me about the man who stole your neighbor’s car. What did he look like?

—Well, sir. He was tall…

—     1    

—Oh yes, and he was younger than you — only about thirty, I’d say.

—Well! And what color was his hair?

—It was brown, and short… it was similar to yours, actually.

—      2    

—No, He was clean-shaven.

—OK. Now have a look at these photos — can you see him?

—     3    

—But that’s Frankie Famham — he’s got a beard, and he’s very short!

—Hm, well…

—    4    

—Yes, the strangest thing was that he appeared to be a gentleman — he was wearing a suit… not like a thief at all.

—Hm, like this photo?

—Yes, that’s him!

—That’s Bill Mahony: he’s in prison! Are you sure you saw the thief?

—     5    

Your Passport(护照) Please!
Mr. Hill arrives at London Airport at the end of a three-week holiday in France. Usually he wears a beard(留胡须). Since it has been hot there, he has taken it off(剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his beard.
An office looks at the photo for a moment and says: "Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I won’t keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second office and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the passport and asks where Mr. Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr. Hill has arrived back from Paris, the second officer smiled and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, and that man just looks the kind of man ..."
Suddenly it comes to the first officer who Mr. Hill is. He returns to him and asks: "Did you teach at the No.2 . High School?" When Mr. Hill answers in surprise that he did, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I’m Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven’t changed a bit."
1. Mr. Hill ____.
A. has just come back from the airport.
B. is on his way to Paris.
C. spent three weeks in Paris before he went to France.
D. has been in France for three weeks
2. Mr. Hill ____.
A. has a beard on his face but not in his photo
B. grew a beard while he was on holiday
C. has a beard in his photo but not on his face
D. took his beard off long before he went on holiday.
3. The first officer is sure ____.
A. Mr. Hill stole the painting
B. he has seen the face in the photo before
C. he knows the second officer’s face
D. a man without a beard stole the painting
4. The second officer says that ____.
A. Mr. Hill stole the painting
B. a man with a beard, from France, stole a painting in English
C. an Englishman took his beard off and stole a painting
D. a man with a beard, from England, stole a painting in Paris.
5. Mr. Hill taught ____.
A. Jack Smith French at the No. 2 High School
B. Jack Smith to be a first officer
C. at the No.2 High School, in France
D. French some years ago and his name was Smith, not Hill

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案标号填写在本题下面相应题号后的横线上。选项中有两项多余选项。
—Now, tell me about the man who stole your neighbor’s car. What did he look like?
—Well, sir. He was tall…
—     1    
—Oh yes, and he was younger than you — only about thirty, I’d say.
—Well! And what color was his hair?
—It was brown, and short… it was similar to yours, actually.
—      2    
—No, He was clean-shaven.
—OK. Now have a look at these photos — can you see him?
—     3    
—But that’s Frankie Famham — he’s got a beard, and he’s very short!
—Hm, well…
—    4    
—Yes, the strangest thing was that he appeared to be a gentleman — he was wearing a suit… not like a thief at all.
—Hm, like this photo?
—Yes, that’s him!
—That’s Bill Mahony: he’s in prison! Are you sure you saw the thief?
—     5