Question

It's a name that needs no address.Everyone knows Santa Claus lives at the North Pole.

So letters sent to Santa Claus find their way to the small town of the North Pole deep in Alaska，including those simply sent to Santa. Last year，120,000 letters arrived from 26 countries，not including the thousands with no return addresses.

Those who have return addresses usually get a reply and a North Pole postmark（郵戳） that has delighted children all over the world for many years. They feel happy to receive Santa's reply.

Letters arrive all the year around in the town of 1,600，where streets have names such as Santa Claus Lane and Kris Kringle Drive. Around Thanksgiving，they start getting there by the thousands each day as Christmas comes. Even letters without stamps get through，an exception（例外）for the U．S. Postal Service.

“This is special because it has Santa's name on it，”said Debra Cornelius，an officer at the main post office in nearby Fairbanks，where the letters are kept during the holiday.

Gabby Gaborik is among several dozen volunteers who are busy sending off replies to children who sent return addresses.

In his 10 years as a volunteer，Gaborik has seen every kind of wish. There are children who want the latest toys they see on TV. There are children who ask for miracles（奇跡），some wanting their mother back for Christmas or their father back from Iraq，even though he died there.

Replies get a North Pole postmark，including a half­moon drawing of Santa's face. Even late letters get a reply，Gaborik said，“It says something like ‘Thanks for writing. Santa's been really busy，’anything the children might want to hear，”he said.

1.Letters written to Santa Claus without an address can arrive at the North Pole because ______.

A．all letters without an address are sent there

B．people believe that Santa Claus lives there

C．this kind of letter is sent with a special postmark

D．streets named Santa Claus Lane can be found there

2.The underlined word “delighted” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “______”.

A．excited               B．amazed                 C．confused            D．disappointed

3.We can know from the text that ______.

A．letters written to Santa Claus are sent free

B．Santa Claus' replies to children always arrive at Christmas

C．many people write to children for Santa Claus asking for no pay

D．there're thousands of letters sent to Santa Claus every month

4.What's the best title for the text?

A．Letters written to parents

B．All kinds of wishes from children

C．Letters to Santa Claus rush into Alaska

D．North Pole，Alaska，a beautiful place

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了寫給圣誕老人的信不用寫地址就可以收到并得到回復的故事。在北極阿拉斯加州有一個小鎮，這里有一個圣誕老人命名的街道，所以寫給圣誕老人的信不用寫地址，人們就知道信會到達阿拉斯加州的圣誕老人街，在那里每天都會收到成千上萬封信。有志愿者會回信。甚至這些信可以免費的。

1.推理判斷題。根據第四段的Letters arrive all the year around in the town of 1,600，where streets have names such as Santa Claus Lane and Kris Kringle Drive. 一年四季信件到達1600人的小鎮,在那里有街道名如Santa Claus Lane （圣誕老人巷）and Kris Kringle Drive。從中可知有真實的名為圣誕老人的街道，所以信件只寫圣誕老人就可以收到，沒用寫其他的地址。故選D。

2.詞義猜測題。根據第三段的They feel happy to receive Santa's reply.他們收到圣誕老人的回復很高興。故選A。  

3.推理判斷題。根據第四段的Even letters without stamps get through，an exception（例外）for the U．S. Postal Service. 甚至這些信沒有郵票就能通過,這在美國郵政服務是一個例外。可知寫給圣誕老人的信可以免費。故選A。

4.標題歸納題。根據全文再講寫給圣誕老人的信，可以不用寫地址也可以收到，而且會有志愿者服務回信。故選C。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。