_______71_______ It is a very happy day for many boys and girls. Before the term ends in some schools, the children act a nativity (基督诞生) or "birth" play, showing how Jesus was born in a stable.（马棚）.

On the twenty-fourth of December, all children are very excited.______72____ The younger children think that Father Christmas will come down the chimney of fireplace, so they hang up a sock for him to put presents in. The greedy ones even hang up a pillowcase or a sack to try to get more presents.________73_____

On Christmas morning, the children wake up very early. Some even turn on the light at two o'clock, and most of them are awake by six o'clock although there is no light in England for another hour or two at this time of the year.

_____74______ At about one o'clock in the afternoon, the Christmas dinner is brought in._____75______ Children search in their Christmas pudding for new coins which are hidden in it. The rest of the day is full of games and eating until the happiness of all Christian holidays comes to an end.

A．People are often busy going shopping.

B．The turkey or chicken is quickly eaten.

C．Now the Chinese people also celebrate Christmas.

D．Children look for their presents, and the young ones play while the dinner is prepared.

E. Later that night, Father or Mother will put presents in the sock, and leave others at the side of the bed.

F. Usually they are sent to bed early so that their parents can get the presents ready.

G. Christmas Day falls on the twenty-fifth of December.

 

_______71_______ It is a very happy day for many boys and girls. Before the term ends in some schools, the children act a nativity (基督诞生) or "birth" play, showing how Jesus was born in a stable.（马棚）.
On the twenty-fourth of December, all children are very excited.______72____ The younger children think that Father Christmas will come down the chimney of fireplace, so they hang up a sock for him to put presents in. The greedy ones even hang up a pillowcase or a sack to try to get more presents.________73_____
On Christmas morning, the children wake up very early. Some even turn on the light at two o'clock, and most of them are awake by six o'clock although there is no light in England for another hour or two at this time of the year.
_____74______ At about one o'clock in the afternoon, the Christmas dinner is brought in._____75______ Children search in their Christmas pudding for new coins which are hidden in it. The rest of the day is full of games and eating until the happiness of all Christian holidays comes to an end.

A．People are often busy going shopping.

B．The turkey or chicken is quickly eaten.

C．Now the Chinese people also celebrate Christmas.

D．Children look for their presents, and the young ones play while the dinner is prepared.

E. Later that night, Father or Mother will put presents in the sock, and leave others at the side of the bed.
F. Usually they are sent to bed early so that their parents can get the presents ready.
G. Christmas Day falls on the twenty-fifth of December.

 

A Hobbies: reading, listening to music and watching birds Purpose: asking for spare copies of textbooks, teaching materials or journals	B Hobbies: reading, singing and traveling Purpose: learning about ideas of teaching professionals in the world
C Hobbies: role-playing, listening to music and collecting nice things Purpose: communicating with new friends among English teachers from the UK and the USA	D Hobbies: reading and exchanging fancy gifts and ideas about local customs and conventions Purpose: exchanging ideas on teaching methods
E Hobbies: listening to western pop music, exchanging gifts and collecting things Purpose: making friends with both fellow teachers and students of English around the world	F Hobbies: swimming, cycling and raising cats and dogs Purpose: finding pen friends all over the world and communicating in English

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Dear Editor, I am a secondary school teacher of English.  I would like to have pen friends all over the world for my students.  They are aged 15-19 and good at swimming, cycling and raising cats and dogs.  If students in your country are interested in corresponding with Turkish students in English, please tell them to write to my address, so that I can distribute their letters to my students who are willing to have friends and are in need of practice. Ms.  Imbat 81030, Istanbul Turkey

2.

Dear Editor, I am interested in corresponding with other TEFL teachers and researchers about issues of professional development.  I would like to share ideas with fellow teachers from English-speaking countries throughout the world.  My hobbies are reading, listening to music and watching birds.  Since I live in a rather isolated area, I would appreciate any spare copies if text books, teaching materials or journals that other teachers would be able to send me. Ms.  Juliana Sirait 21214,Kisaran Indonesia

3.

Dear Editor I am a 33-year-old secondary school teacher of English in Hungary.  I would like to make new friends among English teachers mainly from English, the USA, Switzerland, and Scandinavia.  I am interested in role-playing and team work, I would also like to correspond with colleagues all over the world with the same hobbies as mine: collecting nice things, listening to music, reading and traveling Mariann Nyari 6724, Szeged , Tavasz1/B Hungary 21214,Kisaran Indonesia

4.

Dear Editor, I am a 23-year-old Peace Corps Volunteer teaching secondary English in Equatorial Guinea.  This is my first experience teaching formally, so I would like to know some of the ideas of all you professionals out there in the world.  Letters do not have to be all business.  When the school day ends, I would enjoy hearing from you.  I enjoy reading.  Singing, traveling and so on. Kury W. Cobham AP Box 456 Equatorial Guinea

5.

Dear Editor, I’m a 30-year-old teacher of English at a middle school.  I’d be happy to make friends with both fellow teachers and students of English around the world. I also wish to find penfriends for my students between 13 and 20 years old. My interests are letter writing,listening to western pop music,exchanging gifts,and collecting stamps,maps,picture postcards and coins. Mr. S.  Thevachandra 47/1,Kalm Unai Sri Lanka

 

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Once upon a time, there was a selfish man.   51   He could not share his things with anyone, not even his friends or the poor. One day, the man lost thirty gold coins. He went to his friend’s house and told him how he lost his gold coins. His friend was a kind man.

As his friend’s daughter was coming from shopping, she found thirty gold coins.   52   The girl’s father told her that the gold coins belonged to his friend and he sent for (派人去叫)him.

When the selfish man arrived, his friend handed the coins to him. After counting the gold coins, the man said that ten of them were missing. He said that he would recover the remaining coins from the kind man.   53   

The selfish man left the gold coins and went to the court. The judge then sent for the girl and her father. When they arrived, he asked the girl how many gold coins she found.    54    The judge then asked the selfish man how many gold coins he lost and he answered forty gold coins.

The judge then told the girl to keep the gold coins and that if anybody was looking for them, he would send for the girl. The judge told the selfish man that if anybody reported that they found forty gold coins, he would send for him.    55   But it was too late. The judge did not listen to him.

A. But the girl’s father refused.

B. She replied thirty gold coins.

C. He liked everything to be his own.

D. As a kind man, he was always ready to help others.

E. It was then that the man said that he had lost thirty gold coins.

F. When she arrived home, she told her father what she found.

G. Now he had no choice but to return the ten missing coins to the man.

短文填词（10分）

One day, a 10-year-old entered a coffee shop．After he

sat        a table, he asked a waitress．"How much is an                  76．__  _

ice cream sundae?" "50￠"r____the waitress．The little                    77．__  _

boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and c_____the coins                78．__  _

in it．“Well, how ___ a plain dish of ice cream? he asked．              79．__  _

By now more people were w____for a table and the waitress                     80．__  _

sas growing______（不耐烦）"35 ￠!" she answered unhappily．            81．__  _

"OK, I’ll have the plain ice cream," he asked．The boy f     the            82．__  _

ice cream paid the ____ （账单） and left．However, when the                  83．__  _

waitress wiped down the table, she found that beside the___（空白）         84．__  _

dish there were two nickels and five pennies．You see, he couldn't

have the sundae ____he had to have enough left to leave her a tip．       85．__  _