Christmas season is the most festive time of year in many Western countries. Children believe that on Christmas Eve Santa Claus, a fat, merry man who wears a red suit, red hat, and a long white beard, slides down their chimneys to bring them gifts. So they hang stockings by the fireplace, hoping that Santa Claus will fill them with candy and toys.
But was there really a Santa Claus? Yes. Not the man mentioned above but a 4th century bishop, Saint Nicholas. He was born in Turkey and his remains are kept to this day in Bari, Italy. According to a story, he was best known for saving children. He brought three dead boys back to life after they had been chopped up! Stories like that helped him become the patron saint of boys and girls. Later on his name was changed
into Santa Claus. In the 17th century, the Dutch of New Amsterdam in America added the sleigh and flying reindeer to him. Since then Santa Claus has traveled in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeers.
On Christmas Eve many children even lie awake listening to Santa Claus and his sleigh. But he never comes. The gifts found in the stockings the next morning were put there by their own parents when they were asleep.
Comprehension Questions 練習你理解問題的能力 
1. Children believe that Santa Claus comes ________
A. on Christmas Day.
B. on New Year's Eve.
C. on the evening before Christmas.
D. on the afternoon before Christmas.
2. They hang stockings by the fireplace ________
A. to dry them up.
B. for their mothers to wash.
C. to make the room more beautiful.
D. to receive gifts from Santa Claus.
3. Saint Nicolas was born in ________
A. Europe.
B. Turkey.
C. West Germany.
D. Greece.
4. "His remains are kept to this day in Bari, Italy." The sentence means ________
A. Saint Nicolas still lives in Italy.
B. his body is kept in Italy today.
C. he works in Italy.
D. he remains in Bari, Italy today.
5. According to the passage, Santa Claus was ________
A. an imaginary person.
B. a real person who lived in the sixteenth century.
C. modeled after many kinds of people who loved children.
D. a real person who lived 1,700 years ago. 
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Answer 答案
1. C 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. D
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