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(巨響) !

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

【答案與解析】

1. A。從空格后difficult jobs of… 推測意思為“be faced with面臨”, 此處搭配應用被動語態(tài)。

2. C。想把大型的禮物藏起來不是一件容易的事情。question=疑問，matter=麻煩或毛病，business =商業(yè)或買賣，均不符句意。

3. B。stay up late 意為“熬夜”。

4. C。平安夜孩子們通常呆著不睡，等待享受圣誕老人送禮物的喜悅。

5. A。盡管孩子們早早上床，因為想看到圣誕老人，會長時間睡不著。

6. A。stare at=瞪著眼睛看，glare at=怒目而視，watch是及物動詞，后面不能接at。

7. D。預閱文章得知去年成功地給了孩子們一個大驚喜。

8. B。上文已說大的禮物難藏，作者在把自行車放在儲藏室，最擔心的是被孩子們發(fā)現，而不是喜歡。C、D不符句意。

9. C。如果孩子看到禮物，肯定會問禮物從哪兒來。

10. D。從空格后he didn’t see it 及這次給孩子的驚喜可推知答案。

11. A。it做形式主語為固定句型。

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

13. A。根據圣誕老人總是把禮物塞在孩子的襪子里面?zhèn)髡f，應選fill。

14. C。從下文Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike可知，推進來的是為Jimmy買的自行車。

15. B。根據父母的了解，孩子盼望禮物心切, 肯定會起得很早，其他三個選項不夠準確。

16. C。孩子發(fā)現禮物的吵鬧聲不會使人害怕或麻煩，只會把人吵醒。

17. A。before引導的時間狀語從句為“還未來得及…, 就…”。

18. A。even 用來加強語氣

19. B。on the hands and knees 意為“用手和膝蓋爬行”，其中on表示方式。

20. D。作者和妻子剛睡不久就被孩子吵醒，這時氣球被玩爆了，一聲巨響讓他們徹底醒來，這爆炸聲也預示喜慶的一天開始了。

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