Santa’s Assistant

2018-05-14

学生导报·东方少年 2018年1期

Its Christmas Eve. Santa and Rudolf are getting ready for Christmas. Santa puts on his red jacket and his red hat.

There are lots of presents in Santas sleigh for children around the world. Now they are off！

Amy is asleep at home. Santa climbs down the chimney with Amys present.

But， oh dear... he is too fat. He cant move！

Amy helps Santa get out of the chimney. ‘Thank you， Amy. Can you help me deliver the present？ asks Santa. ‘Yes， Santa. Lets go， says Amy.

Amy goes down the chimneys and puts the presents under the trees.

The sleigh flies back to the North Pole for more presents. Santas toy factory is very busy. There are robots， dolls， balls and teddies.

Amy is at the North Pole. It is snowing. Amy and Rudolf throw snowballs. They have lots of fun.

‘Thank you， Amy. Heres a special present for you.

‘Thanks Santa. See you again next year！

一、根據背景文章，判断正误

（） 1. It is Christmas Day.

（） 2. Santa climbs down the pipe with Amys present.

（） 3. Amy helps Santa get out of the chimney.

（） 4. There are dolls， robots， teddies and balls in Santas factory.

（） 5. Santa thanks to Amys help.

二、完型填空

Jane was born in London， England， on April 3， 1934. On her second birthday， her father gave her a toy chimpanzee named Jubilee.

From an early age， Jane was very interested in __1__ and animal stories. By the age of 10， she was talking about going to Africa to live among the animals there. At the time， in the early 1940s， this was almost impossible __2__ women did not go to Africa by themselves.

As a __3__ woman， Jane finished school in London， and then worked for a filmmaker for a while. When a school friend invited her to visit Kenya， she took another __4__ until she made enough money to __5__ there by boat. She was 23 years old.

Once in Kenya， she met Dr. Louis Leakey. He was surprised at her __6__ of Africa and its wildlife. He soon realized that Jane was the __7__ person to complete the study. She expressed her __8__ in the idea of studying animals by living in the wild with them， rather than __9__ dead animals.

Dr. Leakey and Jane __10__ planning a study of a group of chimpanzees who were living on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kenya. And they managed it at last.

（） 1. A. plants B. animals C. films D. books

（） 2. A. so B. if C. though D. because

（） 3. A. young B. strong C. tall D. beautiful

（） 4. A. trip B. time C. job D. break

（） 5. A. leave B. travel C. find D. return

（） 6. A. knowledge B. story C. report D. memory

（） 7. A. right B. patient C. perfect D. serious

（） 8. A. interest B. thought C. surprise D. feeling

（） 9. A. finding B. protecting C. visiting D. studying

（） 10. A. practiced B. began C. enjoyed D. kept

三、文化拓展（配对）

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