[单项选择]On Christmas Eve in America the shopping malls are saturated with shoppers in a frantic competition for last minute gifts.（）
A. bustled
B. soared
C. filled
D. broadened

[单项选择]On Christmas Eve in America the shopping malls are saturated with shoppers in a frantic competition for last minute gifts.
A. bustled
B. soared
C. filled
D. broadened

[单项选择]Shopping malls customarily experience some slack periods for sales, especially so in summer.
A. successive
B. lasting
C. prosperous
D. dull

[单项选择]Shopping malls have some advantage in suffering from shorter periods of______business.
A. stale
B. slack
C. ferrous
D. abundant

[单项选择]Shopping malls such as Bluewater A. are changing the way they present themselves. B. have been slow to recognize changes in consumer behaviour. C. are unhappy with the idea of an 'experience economy'.

[单项选择]Christmas Eve is______.


A. the night of Christmas Day
B. the night before Christmas Day
C. the evening of Christmas Day

[单项选择]

Passage Three
On Christmas Eve--the night before Christmas Day children are very happy. They put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to bed. They want Father Christmas to give them some presents.
Mr. Green tells his children that Father Christmas is a very kind man. He comes on Christmas Eve. He lands on top of each house and comes down the chimney into the fireplace and brings them a lot of presents.
Christmas Day always begins before breakfast. The children wake up very early. They can’t wait to open the presents in their stockings. Then they wake up their parents and call: "Merry Christmas!"
Do you know what Christmas means Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ. When Christ was born, many people gave him presents. So today, people still do the same thing to each other.

Father Christmas comes into the house through the（）
A. window
B. front door
C. chimney
D. back door