As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, rooms to be cleaned. Parents are
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with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real
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. On Christmas Eve, young children find the
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almost unbearable(难以忍受的). They are
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between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to
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up late so that they will not
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the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie
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for a long time, hoping to get a short look at Father Christmas.
Last Christmas, my wife and I
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managed to hide a few large presents in the storeroom. I feared the moment when my son, Jimmy, would
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me where that new bike had come from, but
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he did not see it.
On Christmas Eve, it took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly
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when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began
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stockings. Then I pushed in the
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I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get
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sleep that night, for the children were
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to 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!
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I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came
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into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary,
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close behind pushing her new baby carriage. Even the baby arrived, he moved
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the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke
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up completely. 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.question | B.matter | C.problem | D.business |
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小题3: | A.joy | B.excitement | C.presents | D.parents |
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小题4: | A.pulled | B.divided | C.separated | D.torn |
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小题6: | A.lose | B.break | C.miss | D.leave |
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小题7: | A.awake | B.wake | C.asleep | D.sleep |
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小题8: | A.hopefully | B.busily | C.gladly | D.successfully |
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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11: | A.morning | B.midnight | C.evening | D.daybreak |
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小题12: | A.filling | B.sewing | C.mending | D.preparing |
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小题13: | A.present | B.stocking | C.bike | D.tree |
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小题14: | A.1ittle | B.some | C.enough | D.much |
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小题15: | A.sorry | B.sure | C.glad | D.eager |
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小题16: | A.Before | B.After | C.Until | D.Since |
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小题17: | A.running | B.laughing | C.shouting | D.riding |
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小题18: | A.walked | B.moved | C.followed | D.jumped |
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