Spot Dictation In this exercise, you will hear a passage . You are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S10 with the exact words you have heard. Santa Claus is also called simply Santa or Father Christmas. He is a fat, cheerful old man with a long white beard who brings children their presents on Christmas Eve. Santa Claus is said to live at the North Pole and to have a workshop there where he makes toys. In the _______ (S1) before Christmas children write letters to Santa telling him what _______ (S2) they would like. In Britain these letters are “ _________ “ (S3) up the chimney or sent to local newspapers, which ________ (S4). Children are careful to behave well, because Santa only brings toys to good children. On 24 December, the night before Christmas, children ________ (S5) stockings at the end of their beds. Santa leaves the North Pole with a sled, which is pulled by reindeer, who know how to fly. They ________ (S6) stopping on the roof of every house where a child is sleeping. Santa _________ (S7) and leaves big presents under the Christmas tree and small ones in the stockings. Santa Claus is an ________ (S8) symbol of Christmas, and pictures of him realize that Santa Claus cannot be real and stop ________ (S10) him.