戴爾美語練功坊 英檢閱讀測驗(7/20日) 下面8個閱讀克漏字填充題，內容取自生活英文，程度大約在英檢中級程度， 同學可試做看看，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 中文翻譯 聖誕節是大部分西方國家最大的節慶之一。人們在這個大日子之前的五 六個星期就在為聖誕節做準備。夜晚大街上的商店閃耀著美麗的燈光，而人 們此時購物也比一年中的其他十傑來的多。 聖誕節錢一週左右很多人會在屋子上裝上彩色燈飾，在客廳放置聖誕樹 。現在比較多人買用塑膠做的小聖誕樹，它們不像真的聖誕樹那麼貴，看起 來不漂亮，但是可以用很多年。 小朋友喜歡聖誕節因為會收到禮物。大人告訴他們這些禮物是聖誕老公 公帶來的。聖誕節的前夕他們把襪子掛在床前，次日早上醒來時，他們會發 現襪子裡有他們的禮物，這些禮物其實是他們的父母親放的。 很多人會在一天的中間或晚上舉行聖誕大餐，之後成年人就會彼此贈送 禮物。 1. 答案：C 解析： (A)跟上~ (B)和~相處 (C)為~做準備 (D)利用~ 2. 答案：A 解析：(A)light up 照亮 (B)dress up 盛裝 (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~製造 be composed of = consist of 由~組成 be faced with~ 面臨著~ 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 因為~ 此處the presents是on account of的受詞，選項(A)because 應該改成because of 6. 答案：A 解析：本句是被動語態。 People tell them that … 人們告訴他們 … = They are told that … 他們被告知 … 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. 向後地 (B)adv. 向前地 (C)adv. 在那之後 (D)prep. 朝著 --

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