I have tried to write a ghost story that won’t make you unhappy with yourselves, with each other, with the seasons, or with me. I hope it haunts your houses pleasantly.
——Charles Dickens
One Christmas Eve, old Scrooge and Bob were working busily in his office. It was a cold, foggy day. The fog was so thick that the houses opposite were like ghosts. It was only three o’clock in the afternoon, but it was already quite dark.
“Merry Christmas, Uncle! God bless you!” cried a happy voice. It was Scrooge’s nephew.
“Bah!” said Scrooge “Humbug(骗人的话)!”
“Christmas is a humbug! Surely you don’t mean that, Uncle.” Said his nephew.
“I do,” said Scrooge. “Merry Christmas! What reason have you got to be merry? You’re poor.”
“OK, then,” replied the nephew cheerfully. “What reason have you got to be sad? You are rich. Don’t be angry, Uncle!”said his nephew.
“What else can I be?” answered the uncle, “I live in a world of fools! Merry Christmas! What’s Christmas time to you? It’s a time for paying bills without money. It’s a time for finding yourself a year older, but not richer. Everyone who goes around saying ‘Merry Christmas’ should have his tongue cut out. Yes, he should!”
“Uncle! Please don’t say that!” said the nephew. “I’ve always thought of Christmas time as a good time, a kind, and a charitable, happy time. And so, Uncle, Christmas has never put any gold or silver in my pocket, but I think it has done me good. And it will do me good. And I say, ‘God bless it!’”
Bob, standing in the corner of the room, applauded (鼓掌). He realized his mistake very soon, and went quickly back to his work, but Scrooge had heard him.
“One more sound from you, Bob Cratchit,” said Scrooge, “and you’ll celebrate Christmas by losing your job!”
“Don’t be angry with him, Uncle. Come and have dinner with us tomorrow.”
“No.” said Scrooge.
“I’m sorry you don’t want to celebrate Christmas. But I do. So a Merry Christmas, Uncle!”
“Good afternoon!” said Scrooge.
“And a Happy New Year!” said his nephew.
“Good afternoon!” said Scrooge again.
His nephew left the room. He stopped to wish Bob a Merry Christmas. And Bob replied, “A Merry Christmas to you, too.”
【小题1】What did Scrooge think of Christmas wish?| A．It was simple. | B．It was important. | C．It was stupid. | D．It was necessary. |
| A．Christmas was a time to be generous and kind. |
| B．Christmas was a time to do some challenging work. |
| C．His uncle should give some money to his family. |
| D．His uncle should give away his money to the poor. |
| A．Scrooge was Bob’s uncle. | B．Bob worked for Scrooge. |
| C．Scrooge celebrated Christmas with Bob. | D．Bob was Scrooge’s visitor. |
| A．Scrooge was working busily in his office before Christmas. |
| B．No rich people wanted to waste their time to celebrate Christmas. |
| C．Bob believed in Christmas wish as well as Scrooge’s nephew. |
| D．Scrooge refused his nephew’s invitation to dinner on Christmas day. |
A great French writer has said that we should help everyone as much as we can because we often need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. About this, he told the following story.
One day an ant was drinking at a small river and fell in. She tried her best to reach the side. but she couldn’t move at all. The poor ant got too tired but was still doing her best when a big bird saw her. With a pity(同情), the bird threw her a piece of wood. With it the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass, she heard a man coming up. He was walking without shoes on his feet and carrying a gun in his hand. When he saw the bird, he wanted to kill her. As soon as he raised his gun, the ant bit(咬) him in one of his feet.
He stopped to see what happened to his foot. At that moment, the bird flew away at once. The ant is much weaker and smaller than the bird, but it did save the bird’s life.
【小题1】According to the French writer, we often need help from others, so we should ________.| A．help others as much as possible | B．help the useful people |
| C．get as much help as we can | D．first need to help ourselves |
| A．the ant almost died | B．she was the ant’s friend |
| C．she took pity on the poor ant | D．she wanted the ant to thank her |
| A．a leaf | B．a piece of wood | C．the grass | D．a raft(木筏) |
| A．Because the bird could fly very fast. |
| B．Because the man hurt his feet himself. |
| C．Because the man didn’t want to kill her. |
| D．Because the ant bit the man in one of his feet. |
It was Christmas Eve. When everyone went to bed, Bunny couldn’t fall asleep. He still couldn’t think of what he wanted as a special Christmas present. He wondered how Santa — Father Christmas would know what to bring him if he didn’t know himself.
As he was sitting up in bed, Bunny heard a big noise on the roof and a sound downstairs. It was Santa Claus, he realized. Bunny jumped out of bed and ran down the hall to the stairs. He hoped to take a look at the old man before Santa left for his next stop.
By the time Bunny was at the bottom of the stairs, everything was silent again. Lots of presents were put under the Christmas tree, but Santa was gone. A little disappointed, Bunny turned to climb back upstairs when he heard a cry.
“Hello,” said Bunny. “Is somebody there?”
He was answered by another cry. Bunny looked around the big pile of presents to see what was making the noise. Right under the tree was a funny looking brown animal with big feet and sad eyes. It also had antlers(鹿角) on its head. Bunny almost mistook it for a dog.
“Are you a reindeer?” asked Bunny.
“Yes,” replied the brown animal. “My name is Ralph.”
“And you were pulling Santa’s sled(雪橇)?”
“I was until I got air-sick,” replied Ralph. “Santa had to leave me here and go on with the other seven reindeer.”
“Isn’t it a bit unusual for a reindeer to get air-sick? I mean, isn’t flying what reindeer are famous for?”
“Not me, I’m afraid. It makes me scared. I always feel sick when it comes to flying,” replied Ralph. “But everyone wanted me to pull Santa’s sled, so when it was my turn I gave it a try. I’m afraid I just wasn’t cut out for the job. Now I’m stuck here and I don’t know how to get back to the North Pole.”
“Well, if you like, you can stay with us as a friend,” said Bunny. As he made the offer, Bunny suddenly realized the special present he wanted from Santa was a new friend!
【小题1】Why couldn’t Bunny fall asleep on Christmas Eve?| A．Everyone went to bed and he was a little disappointed.. |
| B．He was waiting for his special present from his father. |
| C．He was thinking about what present to get from Santa. |
| D．He was woken up by a noise on the roof of his house. |
| A．one | B．two | C．seven | D．eight |
| A．flying | B．sled | C．reindeer | D．Santa Claus |
| A．Ralph is a brown dog with antlers. |
| B．Ralph is afraid of flying in the air. |
| C．Bunny got a sled as a Christmas present. |
| D．Bunny sent Ralph back to the North Pole. |
| A．Santa lives in the South Pole with his reindeer |
| B．Santa usually puts Christmas presents on the roofs |
| C．Santa uses dogs to bring children presents on Christmas Eve |
| D．Santa knows what presents children want without being told |
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