2．Workplaces all over the UK are preparing for Christmas and all the traditions and customs that come with it．But will Christmas be a cause for happiness and celebration or embarrassment and disappointment？
One way that colleagues in Britain show their appreciation of each other at this time of year is by doing"Secret Santa"present giving．At that time，people who work together buy each other gifts without saying whom they are from．
Co-workers all write their names on a piece of paper and then organize a lottery in which each workmate takes another colleague's name at random（任意地）．Each person then has to buy a present for the colleague whose name they have picked，usually with an agreed price set at a small amount of money such as five or ten pounds．
As the gifts are given without knowing the names of the gift givers，the quality of the presents can be very different； gifts that people received are from tickets to the opera to an air-freshener for a car．
Another common seasonal workplace tradition is the office Christmas party，when workmate s put on their most attractive clothes and enjoy lots of free wine．
Although most parties are held without a hitch，sometimes the effects of alcohol（酒精） cause party goers to regret their drunken antics（古怪行為）．
The BBC invited people to share their most embarrassing（令人尷尬的） Christmas office party stories，and received hundreds of funny stories，such as the man who split his trousers back to front with his strange dance moves or the drunken lady who spent the entire night with back of her dress tucked into her pants and saw the photos that proved it later at work．
But the worst story must surely come from Stuart Vaines，who got so drunk that he put his boss's head into the toilet．Unsurprisingly，he lost his job the very next day．
22．By saying this Christmas will cause embarrassment，the author actually refers toC．
A．the workmate who receives a ticket to the opera
B．the man who receives an air-freshener
C．the lady who tucked the back of her dress in her pants
D．the man who put his boss's head into the toilet
23．The underlined phrase"without a hitch"in Para.6 most probably meansA．
A．without trouble                  
B．without an end
C．without free drinks               
D．with less people
24．It is implied in the passage thatD．
A．The gift givers do not know whom they will give gifts to
B．some workmates are not generous enough to buy expensive gifts
C．the BBC is interested in people's funny stories
D．some party-goers will wish they haven't drunk so much
25．Which of the following might be the best title for the text？C
A．Office Parties at Christmas
B．Happiness from Office Parties
C．Celebrations in Workplaces at Christmas
D．Funny Stories from Office Parties．

分析 本文介紹了英國的圣誕節(jié)習俗，今年的圣誕節(jié)是幸福的歡慶還是令人失望的窘迫呢？請看文章吧！

解答 22-25．CADC
22題答案：C考查細節(jié)推理，根據(jù)文章介紹可知A和B選項所說的就是一般的圣誕禮物，而D選項（一位男士把老板的頭埋進廁所里）不止是尷尬了，帶來尷尬的是C選項（一位女士把他禮服后面夾到短褲里了），故本題答案為C選項．
23題答案：A考查細節(jié)推理，盡管大部分的歡慶沒有帶來麻煩，但是有時候酒精的作用會讓參加歡慶的人后悔醉酒后的古怪行為．根據(jù)上下句的關(guān)系可知，劃線部分的意思是"沒有麻煩"，故本題答案為A選項．
24題答案：D考查細節(jié)推理，根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段的sometimes the effects of alcohol（酒精） cause party goers to regret their drunken antics（古怪行為）．有時候酒精的作用會讓參加歡慶的人后悔醉酒后的古怪行為．可知一些參加歡慶的人希望他們沒有醉酒，故本題答案為D選項．
25題答案：C考查主旨大意，通讀全文可知，本文介紹了各工作地的圣誕節(jié)慶典．故本題答案為C選項．

點評 本文是一篇新聞報道類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對 性找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確的答案．

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