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导读：同学们,你们认为最好的职业是什么？读一读下面这个故事,看看贝蒂(Betty)认为什么是最好的职业。
Betty is a lazy girl. She doesn't study hard,and she doesn't help her mother with the housework either.
"What are you going to be when you grow up,Betty?" Mother asks. "You're too lazy. No job will ever fit you."
"But I know one," says the girl. "I'm going to be Father Christmas."
"You want to be Father Christmas?" Mother is surprised. "But why?"
"Because he works only one day in a whole year."
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lazy /'leɪzi/ 懒惰的(图中为“懒”字及一个躺着的人插图)
housework /'haʊswɜːk/ 家务劳动

either /'aɪðə(r)/ 也不
grow up 长大
only /'əʊnli/ 仅仅
whole /həʊl/ 整个的
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阅读故事,根据故事内容回答问题。
Why does Betty want to be Father Christmas?

【解析】：
这是一道英语阅读理解题，考查对故事内容的理解。解题的关键在于从故事中找出与问题相关的信息。故事讲述了贝蒂很懒，妈妈问她长大后想做什么，她回答想成为圣诞老人，原因是圣诞老人一整年只工作一天。我们需要从故事中找到贝蒂想成为圣诞老人的原因来回答问题。
【答案】：
Because he works only one day in a whole year.