河北省沧州市颐和中学高中英语 Unit 3 Computers 完型填空学案 新人教版必修 2In the 4th century, there was a man called Saint Nicholas in Myra. He was very rich and _36__ to help others. He also cared for the _37_ very much. He often __38 many kinds of gifts, money and other _39_ things to the house of the poor. He did these at night __40_ so that no one knew, because he wanted no __41__ . He just wanted to help others. At that time, there were three poor __42_ in his town. Both of their parents died. They could hardly __43_ a living. Nicholas felt sorry for them and _44_to do something to _45___ them. On Christmas Eve, when everyone was ___46_, Nicholas walk ed through the street to the house where the three sisters lived. Quietly, he __47_ onto the roof and dropped three bags of __48 into the chimney. It so happened that the three sisters had _49_ their stockings before they went to bed. The stockings had been _50__ by the fire to dry. When Nicholas dropped the gold, each bag fell into a stocking.The three sisters were surprised and 51___ to find the three bags of gold in their st ockings the next morning. Now they didn’t have to worry about their _52__ as they could use the gold to get food. Soon, the story began to get around . Other _53__ began to hang up stockings on Christmas Eve 54__ finding bags of gold when they woke up the next morning.Over the years, Saint Nicholas became associated with Christmas. The 55__ of hanging stockings up by the chimney on Christmas Eve is known all over the world. And Santa Claus became the most popular guest on Christmas.1