測測看:你的圣誕知識知多少

編者注

What do people do during the winter festival of Christmas? How much do you know about Christmas? Find out with our festive quiz. 圣誕假期人們會做些什么？你了解多少的圣誕知識呢？快來看看我們的節日測試吧。

( )1. In many countries， Christmas seems to be all about_______shopping; buying presents.

A. go shoppingB. going

C. do the D. doing the

( )2. What do you traditionally find in Christmas pudding? The possible answers were: _______.

A. Money B. A ring

C. Banana D. Beans

( )3. Traditional nativity scenes are popular in many countries—they show the_______of Jesus.

A. lifeB. birth

C. all of the above answersD. born

( )4. Did you know that in Britain the Queen has made a_______on TV every Christmas day since 1957?

A. sermonB. talk

C. speech D. lecture

( )5. In Mexico and parts of Brazil， people watch a traditional_______called “The Shepherds”—the shepherds kidnap (誘拐) the baby Jesus!

A. playB. theatre

C. stage D. acting

答 案 及 解 析

1. B。going shopping is a popular pastime in the UK!D不對，“Doing the shopping”通常指例行購物這件事。

2. A。傳統上人們會把銀幣放在圣誕布丁里面。C不對，雖然圣誕布丁里有水果，但是不包括香蕉在內；D不對，雖然圣誕布丁里有水果成分，但是沒有黃豆。

3. B。“birth”是個名詞，你可以說“It was a difficult birth（難產）”。C不對，因為“born”是個形容詞，可以用這個句型：Jesus was born in Bethlehem。

4. C。speech通常含有公共演講的意思，比如政治家或名人演講。A不對，因為sermon帶有宗教色彩，是布道說教的意思；B不對，在表達女王講話這個意思的時候，talk 未免過于隨便了，因為talk一詞多用于有聽眾在場的發言和講話，而女王都是在電視上發表全國講話或祝詞的，非常鄭重; D不對，lecture通常指比較正式的講座，帶有專業和學術色彩，最長使用的場合就是在大學里面。

5. A。when you go to the theatre， you see a play。B不對，theatre是“劇院”的意思，人們去劇院看歌劇和戲劇；C不對，stage是“舞臺”的意思；D不對，因為acting指的是具體的表演和演技本身: “His acting was fantastic” or “He’s been acting since he was 3 years old”.