Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D．Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context．
As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought and cards to be sent．Parents are faced with difficult jobs of hiding presents from 1 young children．If the gifts are too large, this is sometimes a real 2 ．On Christmas Eve, young children find the excitement almost unbearable(无法忍受的), for they can't wait to know what the gifts are．The wish for gifts usually turns out stronger．
Last Christmas Eve, my wife and I spent much time 3 a few large presents for our three children and then hid them successfully in the storeroom．I feared the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ask me where that new bike had come from, 4 fortunately he did not see it．
On Christmas Eve, it 5 the children hours to go to sleep．It must have been nearly 6 when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began 7 stockings．Then I pushed in the 8 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 so 9 that they would 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! Before I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came 10 into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary, followed behind pushing her new baby－carriage．Soon the baby arrived．He moved 11 the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon(气球)behind him．Suddenly it broke．That woke us up 12 and the day really began with a big noise!
