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As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ___1___ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ___2___. On Christmas Eve, young children find the excitement almost unbearable. They are torn between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to ___3___ up late so that they will not ___4___ the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ___5___ for a long time, hoping to get a short ___6___ at Father Christmas.

Last Christmas, my wife and I ___7___ hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I ___8___ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ___9___ me where that new bike had come from, but ___10___ he did not see it.

On Christmas Eve, ___11___ took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly ___12___ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ___13___ stockings. Then I pushed in the ___14___ I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get much sleep that night, for the children were ___15___ to get up early. At about five o’clock the next morning, we were ___16___ by loud sounds coming from the children’s room — they were shouting excitedly! ___17___ I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary, followed close behind pushing her new baby carriage. ___18___ the baby arrived. He moved ___19___ the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up ___20___. The day had really begun with a band(巨响) !

1. A. faced B. met C. filled D. pleased

2. A. question B. matter C. problem D. business

3. A. get B. stay C. stand D. wake

4. A. lose B. break C. miss D. leave

5. A. awake B. wake C. asleep D. sleep

6. A. look B. stare C. glare D. watch

7. A. hopefully B. busily C. gladly D. successfully

8. A. liked B. feared C. surprised D. hated

9. A. answer B. tell C. ask D. search

10. A. sadly B. unluckily C. possibly D. fortunately

11. A. it B. they C. I D. we

12. A. morning B. midnight C. evening D. daybreak

13. A. filling B. sewing C. mending D. preparing

14. A. present B. stocking C. bike D. tree

15. A. going B. sure C. glad D. excited

16. A. troubled B. frightened C. woken D. shocked

17. A. Before B. After C. Until D. Since

18. A. Even B. And C. Soon D. Then

19. A. with B. on C. over D. by

20. A. all B. nearly C. happily D. completely

1-5 ACBAC 6-10 ADBCD 11-15 ABACB 16-20 CAABD

解析:

1. A 面对的意思。

2. C。想把大型的礼物藏起来不是一件容易的事情。question=疑问，matter=麻烦或毛病，business =商业或买卖，均不符句意。

3. B。stay up late 意为“熬夜”。

4. C。平安夜孩子们通常呆着不睡，等待享受圣诞老人送礼物的喜悦。

5. A。尽管孩子们早早上床，因为想看到圣诞老人，会长时间睡不着。

6. A。stare at=瞪着眼睛看，glare at=怒目而视，watch是及物动词，后面不能接at。

7. D。预阅文章得知去年成功地给了孩子们一个大惊喜。

8. B。上文已说大的礼物难藏，作者在把自行车放在储藏室，最担心的是被孩子们发现，而不是喜欢。C、D不符句意。

9. C。如果孩子看到礼物，肯定会问礼物从哪儿来。

10. D。从空格后he didn’t see it 及这次给孩子的惊喜可推知答案。

11. A。it做形式主语为固定句型。

12. B。首先排除不符句意的A、D，再从we knew we wouldn’t get much sleep…，及 at about five o’clock the next morning ,we were… 提示。

13. A。根据圣诞老人总是把礼物塞在孩子的袜子里面传说，应选fill。

14. C。从下文Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike可知，推进来的是为Jimmy买的自行车。

15. B。根据父母的了解，孩子盼望礼物心切, 肯定会起得很早，其他三个选项不够准确。

16. C。孩子发现礼物的吵闹声不会使人害怕或麻烦，只会把人吵醒。

17. A。before引导的时间状语从句为“还未来得及…, 就…”。

18. A。even 用来加强语气。

19. B。on the hands and knees 意为“用手和膝盖爬行”，其中on表示方式。

20. D。作者和妻子刚睡不久就被孩子吵醒，这时气球被玩爆了，一声巨响让他们彻底醒来，这爆炸声也预示喜庆的一天开始了。

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　　Last Christmas, my wife and I managed to hide a few large presents in the storeroom. I feared the moment when my son, Jimmy, would me where that new bike had come from, but he did not see it.

　　On Christmas Eve, it took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began stockings. Then I pushed in the I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get sleep that night, for the children were to get up early. At about five o'clock the next morning, we were woken by loud sounds coming from the children's room － they were shouting excitedly! I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary, close behind pushing her new baby carriage. Even the baby arrived, he moved the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke up completely. The day had really begun with a bang（巨响）.