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.
小題1:Letters written to Santa Claus without an address can arrive at the North Pole because ______.
A．a(chǎn)ll 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
小題2:The underlined word “delighted” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “______”.
A．excitedB．a(chǎn)mazedC．confusedD．disappointed
小題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
小題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

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:A
小題4:C

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(fù)的故事。在北極阿拉斯加州有一個小鎮(zhèn)，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。
小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)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(zhèn),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。
小題2:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段的They feel happy to receive Santa's reply.他們收到圣誕老人的回復(fù)很高興。故選A。  
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)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(wù)是一個例外�？芍獙懡o圣誕老人的信可以免費。故選A。
小題4:標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)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(wù)回信。故選C。
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My stepmother walked over to me,  39  my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “ You are  40  . This is not the worst boy at all,    41  the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a (n)  42  between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my  43  as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She  44  my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the country seat, where my father’s career could be more  45  and my brothers and I could be better  46  .
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand  47  and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I  48  it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her  49  and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of  50  that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the  51  beneficiary(受益者). My father became the  52  man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power  53  has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is  54  strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible force which poverty and temporary defeat can never  55  .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
小題1:
A．rushedB．introducedC．sentD．carried
小題2:
A．mistaken B．favoredC．distinguishedD．rewarded
小題3:
A．laterB．soonerC．longerD．earlier
小題4:
A．draggedB．raisedC．shookD．bent
小題5:
A．perfectB．rightC．impoliteD．wrong
小題6:
A．soB．butC．orD．a(chǎn)nd
小題7:
A．a(chǎn)greementB．gapC．friendshipD．relationship
小題8:
A．opinionB．imageC．mind D．expectation
小題9:
A．persuadedB．beggedC．orderedD．invited
小題10:
A．meaningfulB．successfulC．helpful D．useful
小題11:
A．treatedB．entertainedC．respected D．educated
小題12:
A．cameraB．radioC．typewriter D．bicycle
小題13:
A．considered B．a(chǎn)ppreciatedC．ignoredD．suspected
小題14:
A．criticismB．beliefC．requestD．description
小題15:
A．writingB．teachingC．studyingD．reading
小題16:
A．only B．nextC．sameD．real
小題17:
A．cleverestB．strongestC．healthiestD．wealthiest
小題18:
A．fortuneB．sympathyC．enthusiasmD．confidence
小題19:
A．deliberately B．constantlyC．traditionallyD．happily
小題20:
A．winB．reachC．matchD．doubt

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