As Christmas is coming，there are presents to be bought，cards to be sent，and rooms to be cleaned．Parents are
36 with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children·If the gifts are large，this is sometimes a real
37 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
38 up late SO that they will no’
39 the fun．The wish for gifts usually proves stronger．But though children go to bed early， they often lie
40 for a long time，hoping to get a short
41 at Father Christmas．
Last Christmas，my wife and I
42 hid a few large presents in the storeroom．I feared the
43 when my son，Jimmy，would
44 me where that new bike had come from，but
45 he did not see it．
On Christmas Eve,
46 took the children hours to go to sleep．It must have been nearly
47 when my wife and 1 went quietly into their room and began
48 stockings(袜子) ．Then I pushed in the
49 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
50 to get up early At about five o’clock the next morning， we were
51 by loud sounds coming from the children’s room--they were shouting excitedly!
52 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．
53 the youngest baby arrived He moved
54 the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him Suddenly it burst．That woke us up
55 ．
The day had really begun with a bang(巨响)!
| 小题1: | | A．faced | B．met | C．filled | D．pleased |
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| 小题2: | | A．event | B．affair | C．problem | D．business |
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| 小题4: | | A．bring | B．break | C．miss | D．1eave |
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| 小题5: | | A．awake | B．wake | C．asleep | D．sleep |
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| 小题6: | | A．100k | B．stare | C．glare | D．watch |
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| 小题7: | | A．hopefully | B．busily | C．gladly | D．successfully |
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| 小题8: | | A．day | B．moment | C．week | D．month |
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| 小题9: | | A．answer | B．tell | C．ask | D．search |
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| 小题10: | | A．sadly | B．unluckily | C．possibly | D．fortunately |
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| 小题12: | | A．morning | B．midnight | C．evening | D．daybreak |
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| 小题13: | | A．filling | B．sewing | C．mending | D．preparing |
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| 小题14: | | A．card | B．stocking | C．bike | D．tree |
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小题15:A．afraid B sure C．surprised D．excited
| 小题16: | | A．troubled | B．frightened | C．woken | D．shocked |
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| 小题17: | | A．Before | B．Because | C．Unless | D．Since |
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小题18:A．Even B But C．So D．Ever
| 小题20: | | A．all | B．nearly | C．happily | D．completely |
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