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 not ___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 ___43___ the moment 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 I went quietly into their room and began ___48___ stockings. 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 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 band(巨响) !
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小题1:A。从空格后difficult jobs of… 推测意思为“be faced with面临”, 此处搭配应用被动语态。
小题1: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。
小题1:B。stay up late 意为“熬夜”。
小题1: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。
小题1: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。
小题1: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。
小题1:D。预阅文章得知去年成功地给了孩子们一个大惊喜。
小题1: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。
小题1:C。如果孩子看到礼物，肯定会问礼物从哪儿来。
小题1:D。从空格后he didn’t see it 及这次给孩子的惊喜可推知答案。
小题1:A。it做形式主语为固定句型。
小题1: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。
小题1: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。
小题1: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。
小题1: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。
小题1: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。
小题1:A。before引导的时间状语从句为“还未来得及…, 就…”。
小题1:A。even 用来加强语气。
小题1:B。on the hands and knees 意为“用手和膝盖爬行”，其中on表示方式。
小题1: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。