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Boxing Day is a public holiday in the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. It is also a holiday in many other countries. It is usually celebrated on the day after Christmas Day. In some countries this public holiday is moved to the next weekday if 26th December is a Saturday or Sunday.
In some countries, stores have sales on Boxing Day, the same as Black Friday sales in the United States. In the UK, many sports games are played on Boxing Day. There are horse races on that day. There are also football games and some other sports games.
There are different stories as to how Boxing Day got its name. One story is that in the 19th century, 26th December was a day when servants(佣人)to rich English people got time off. Before they went back home, the families they worked for gave them boxes with Christmas presents and food in them. They could take them home to their families. Another story is that before Christmas, people put money, clothes and some other things in collection boxes. On the day after Christmas, people opened up the collection boxes and gave out the money and other things to the poor. Now, some people think Boxing Day is a good time to deal with all the boxes and wrappings(包装)left from opened Christmas gifts! Every house has lots of opened boxes under the Christmas tree after Christmas Day. They all need to go to the rubbish bin(垃圾桶).
分层作业一：Choose the best answer.
(D)1. Boxing Day is usually on ______.
A. 23rd December
B. 24th December
C. 25th December
D. 26th December
(B)2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. Why stores have sales on Boxing Day.
B. How Boxing Day is celebrated.
C. Where Boxing Day is celebrated.
D. What sports games take place in the UK.
(A)3. What did the servants of English families do on 26th December in the 19th century?
A. They took the day off.
B. They watched horse races.
C. They got boxes with money in them.
D. They asked for Christmas presents.
(C)4. What are collection boxes?
A. They are the same as rubbish bins.
B. They are boxes for servants.
C. They are boxes to help poor people.
D. They are toy boxes for children.
(B)5. What does the underlined phrase “deal with” mean in Chinese?
A. 准备
B. 处理
C. 包装
D. 购买
分层作业二：Guess the Chinese meanings of the underlined words.
6. In some countries, stores have sales on Boxing Day. 促销
7. There are different stories as to how Boxing Day got its name. 关于
分层作业三：Translate the Chinese sentences into English.
8. 节礼日是英国的公共假日。 Boxing Day is a public holiday in the UK.
9. 人们把钱和其他东西分给了穷人。 People gave out the money and other things to the poor.

答案： 分层作业一：
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. B
分层作业二：
6. 促销
7. 关于
分层作业三：
8. a public holiday
9. gave out; the poor