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Every year，families across the US and the UK hang up little strange-shaped pickles（腌黃瓜） to decorate their Christmas trees.The practice is（1）
C
C
by many English-speaking families，and is thought to be brought over from（2）
A
A
.
   The tradition involves hiding the pickle ornament（裝飾品）among the branches，and（3）
C
C
the child who finds it with the chance to open gifts first.It's also believed that person will get good（4）
B
B
for the year.
   The origin of the（5）
D
D
，however，is a bit confusing.In fact，it doesn't seem to have actually（6）
A
A
in Germany at all，since most Germans don't practise it.In 2016，a survey conducted among 2，057 Germans found that 91 percent had never even heard of it.
   Another story is that the tradition of（7）
B
B
a pickle didn't actually start in Germany，but with a German immigrant in the US.The（8）
C
C
goes that a German man named John Lower immigrated to the US and became ill when he was in prison during the Civil War.He persuaded a guard to give him a pickle as a last meal，but he（9）
B
B
surviving.After being released，he honoured that pickle by starting his own（10）
B
B
tradition of hiding a pickle in his Christmas tree for the kids—saying（11）
C
C
found it would have the same good fortune he had.
   Of course，that story is also（12）
D
D
，and could just be a tale coming out of nowhere to explain the pickles later on.According to Wide Open Country，the whole pickle game was most（13）
C
C
a marketing trick to sell German glass ornaments to Americans.
   It was said to be（14）
A
A
by F.W.Woolworth when the store began importing the ornaments in 1880.Each one would come with a card telling the story of the tradition.
   Whether the tradition is real or manufactured，pickle ornaments have become（15）
B
B
everywhere.

（1） A．interrupted　　　 B．mentioned C．favoured D．suspected
（2） A．Germany B．America C．England D．Australia
（3） A．pleasing B．winning C．rewarding D．encouraging
（4） A．fame B．luck C．fate D．life
（5） A．congratulation B．expectation C．situation D．tradition
（6） A．originated B．concluded C．borrowed D．dated
（7） A．decorating B．hanging C．manufacturing D．purchasing
（8） A．programme B．inspiration C．legend D．intention
（9） A．gave up B．ended up C．set up D．showed up
（10） A．country B．family C．hometown D．community
（11） A．whatever B．whichever C．whoever D．whomever
（12） A．disappeared B．disapproved C．unexpected D．unconfirmed
（13） A．a(chǎn)ppropriately B．a(chǎn)pproximately C．likely D．exactly
（14） A．created B．imagined C．instructed D．directed
（15） A．particular B．popular C．familiar D．regular

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【答案】C；A；C；B；D；A；B；C；B；B；C；D；C；A；B
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