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Trang 3/104 Sở giáo dục và đào tạo hà tĩnh Trường thpt phan đình phùng Đề kiểm tra chất lượng học kỳ I - năm học 2019 -2020 Môn: Tiếng Anh 10 Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút ( Đề gồm 3 trang) Họ và tên:... Phòng thi:……….SBD:... Chữ ký giám thị: Mã đề: 106 Read the following passage and mark the letter a, b, c, or d to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. As Christmas evolved in the United States, new customs were adopted and many old ones were reworked. The legend of Santa Claus, for example, had origins in Europe and was brought by Dutch settlers to Newyork in the early 18

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century. Traditionally Santa Claus- from the Dutch Sinter Klaas- was depicted as a tall, dignified, religious figure riding a white hosre through the air. Known as Saint Nicholas in Germany, he was usually accompanied by Black Peter, an elf who punished disobedient children. In North America he eventually developed into a fat , jolly old gentleman who had neither the religious attributes of Saint Nicholas nor the strict disciplinarian character of Black Peter. Santa’s transformation began in 1823, when a Newyork newspaper published the poem A visit from Saint Nicholas, which Clement Clark Moore had written to amuse his daughter. The poem introduced many Americans to the story of a kindly saint who flew over housetops in a reindeer-drawn sleigh. Portraits and drawings of Santa Claus by American illustrator Thomas Nast further strengthended the legend during the secong half of the 19

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century. Living at the North Pole and assissted by elves, the modern Santa produced and delivered toys to all good children. By the late 19

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century he had become such a prominent figure of American folklore that in 1897, when Virginia O’Hanlon wrotr to the NewYork Sun newspaper asking if Santa was real, she received a direct answer: “Yes,Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”.