四、阅读理解(共15小题，每题3分，共45分)
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选项中选出最佳的一项。
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On Christmas Eve--the night before Christmas Day--children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep.Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night.
Father Christmas is very kind and hearted.He lands on the top of each house and climbs down the chimney and out of the fireplace.Then he fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents.
Of course,Father Christmas isn't real.In Jim and Kate's house,'Father Christmas'is really Mr.Green.Mr.Green doesn't climb down the chimney.He waits until the children are asleep.Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents.When they were very young,Mr Green sometimes wore a red coat.But he doesn't do that now.The children are no longer young,and they know who'Father Christmas'really is.But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds.
36.Christmas Eve is__________.
A.the night of Christmas Day
B.the evening of Christmas Day
C.Christmas Day
D.the night before Christmas Day
37.When the children were very young,__________.
A.they didn't know who Father Christmas was
B.they knew that Father Christmas wasn't real
C.they thought their father was Father Christmas
D.they knew who put the presents into their stockings
38.When the children are older,they__________.
A.know that Father Christmas is real
B.ask their mother to fill their stockings with presents
C.know that Father Christmas is really their father
D.know that Father Christmas is really their friend
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