As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are faced with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real    11  . On the 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 them presents quickly and the wish to   12   up late so that they will not   13   the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie   14   for a long time, hoping to get a short look at Father Christmas.

Last Christmas, my wife and I   15   hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I   16   the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ask me where that new bike had come from, but fortunately he did not see it.

On Christmas Eve,   17    took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly   18   when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began   19   stockings. Then I pushed in the   20   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   21   to get up early. At about five o’clock the next morning, we were   22   by loud sounds coming from the children’s room—they were shouting excitedly!   23    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.   24   the baby arrived. He moved on the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon. We were woken up   25   by them at this time.

 

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

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

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

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

5.A. hopeful      B. busily      C. gladly       D. successfully

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.D

【解析】略

 

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