4．Secret Santas
    On Christmas morning，Linda wakes up，and tries to imagine the wide-eyed surprise of children in another household as they unwrap the presents she carefully chose for them．Linda has never met the children，but that's all part of the joy of giving as secret Santas，she says．
"It's an amazing feeling to buy gifts on an anonymous （匿名的） basis，"says Linda．"It brings a whole new meaning to the holidays．"
     Linda and Tony are an American couple living in Toronto，Canada，and Linda did charitable work as a member of the American Women's Club of Toronto．As the name suggests，members are U．S．citizens living in Toronto，who join together for fellowship and community service．
    To find her"adopted"family，Linda goes to the local schools and requests a wish list for a family that's struggling to survive．Last year she helped a single mother with three children．The mother works as a cleaning lady in a nursing home．
"The list is always heartbreaking．They have an opportunity to ask for anything and do just the opposite，asking for basic clothes or simple toys，"she says．"We always buy the kids a new winter coat，hats，and gloves．"She also buys gifts for the parents．
    Last year Linda asked the mother for a second wish list--one that didn't include the basics．"Every child should have a Christmas that sticks with them for a lifetime．"She purchased iPods for the two older children and a video game system for the youngest．"I have learned a very valuable lesson in all of this，"says Linda．"Pay attention to what's going on in your own backyard--no matter where you live．"
The joy of giving as secret Santas is much sweeter when the gift is anonymous．

81．What reaction does Linda imagine the children will have？（No more than 5 words）They will feel greatly surprised．．
82．Why did Linda join the American Women's Club of Toronto？（No more than 10 words）
She joined it for fellowship and community service．．
83．Why did Linda ask for a second wish list？（No more than 15 words）She wanted to give children some other gifts rather than the basics．
84．What kind of people does"secret Santas"in the passage refer to？（No more than 12 words）It refers to people who give away anonymous gifts on Christmas．．

分析 本文是一篇記敘文，主要講述了在圣誕節(jié)一些愛心人士以匿名的方式給孩子們送去禮物的故事．

解答 81．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段中的"Linda wakes up，and tries to imagine the wide-eyed surprise of children in another household as they unwrap the presents she carefully chose for them"可知Linda想象孩子們打開她精心選擇的禮物時會感到非常吃驚．因此答案為"They will feel greatly surprised．"．
82．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段中的"…who join together for fellowship and community service"可推知，Linda加入多倫多美國婦女俱樂部的目的是服務團體和社區(qū)．因此答案為"She joined it for fellowship and community service．"．
83．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第六段中的"Last year Linda asked the mother for a second wish list-one that didn't include the basics"可知，Linda想給孩子們送一些其他禮物而不是一些基本的生活用品．因此答案為"She wanted to give children some other gifts rather than the basics．"．
84．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一句"The joy of giving as secret Santas is much sweeter when the gift is anonymous．"可知"秘密圣誕老人"指的是那些在圣誕節(jié)時以匿名的方式給孩子們送去禮物的愛心人士．因此答案為"It refers to people who give away anonymous gifts on Christmas．"．

點評 解答細節(jié)理解題時，一個常用的方法就是運用定位法，即根據(jù)題干和選項中的關鍵詞從原文中找到相關的句子，與選項進行比較從而確定答案；推理判斷題既要求學生透過文章表面文字信息推測文章隱含意思，又要求學生對作者的態(tài)度、意圖及文章細節(jié)的發(fā)展作正確的推理判斷，力求從作者的角度去考慮，不要固守自己的看法或觀點．

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