4.--- There must be a dozen pens in this house　 but I can never find one when I need it.

　---Keep looking. _____ is sure to turn up.

　 A. One　　　　 B. It　　　　　 C. That　　　　 D. This

3. A foreign firm has bought the shares in his company and _______.

　 A. got over it　　 B. got it over 　 C. taken over it　 D. taken it over

2. The boy spent as much time watching TV as he _____ studying.

　 A. could　　　　　 　 B. was　　　　　　　　　 C. had　　　　 D. did

第一节：单项填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

1.Tom couldn’t remember the exact date of the storm, but he knew it was _____ Sunday because everybody was at ____ church.

　 A. a,/ 　　　　　　　　　　 B. /, the　　　　　　　 C. /, a　　　　　　　　　 D. the , /

4. The top of a Christmas tree is traditionally decorated with 　　　　　.

A. colored balls　　　　 　　　B. Colored lights.　　

C. colored paper　　　 　　　D. Star-shaped objects.

3. Christmas trees became widespread in America 　　　　　.

A. in the 1920s　　　　　　　 B. In the 1910s

C. in the 1820s　　　　　　　 D. In the 1810s

2. In the play about Adam and Eve, the paradise tree should be 　　　　　.

A.　 An apple tree.　　　　　 　B. A pear tree.

B.　 A plum tree.　　　　　　　 D. Any fruit tree.

1. Christmas is traditionally celebrated on 　　　　　.

A. December 24　　　　　　 B. December 25

C. December 30　　　　　　 D. December 31

20. A. service　　 B. everything　 C. no trouble　 D. no notice　　

(二)

The Christmas Tree

In pre-Christian Europe, people believed that trees(fruit trees and evergreens in particular) were embodiment of powerful beings. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the designated miracle play for December 25 was the story of Adam and Eve and in this play the chief prop was an apple-hung evergreen called the paradise tree. In the sixteenth century, German families began bringing evergreens into their homes during the Christmas season. By the seventeenth century, they were known as Christbaiime(Christ trees )and were being decorated with fruits, candies, cookies; candles and wafers resembling the eucharistic host.

The first Christmas trees in America were set up by German immigrants in the 1820s and the almost universal adoption of the custom dates from the 1910s. Now at Christmas time decorated trees stand in about two-thirds of American homes. The modern American tree is usually covered with colored balls and strings of colored lights. The star on top represents the Star in the East which guided the three Wise Men to Bethlehem.

19. A. herself　　 B. her own　　 C. himself　　　 D. the would