题干本题共包含 10 个小题

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 stay up late so that they will not miss the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie awake for a long time, hoping to get a short ___3___ at Father Christmas.
Last Christmas, my wife and I successfully hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I ___4___ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ask me where that new bike had come from, but ___5___ he did not see it.
On Christmas Eve, it took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly ___6___ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began filling stockings. Then I pushed in the ___7___ 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 ___8___ 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! Before 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. Even the baby arrived. He moved ___9___ the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up ___10___. The day had really begun with a band!

单选题1

___1___内应选()

Abike

Bmidnight

Cfortunately

Dlook

Eproblem

Ffaced

Gsure

Hon

Ifeared

Jtiny

Kcompletely

Llick

正确答案

F

答案解析

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。
单选题2

___2___内应选()

Abike

Bmidnight

Cfortunately

Dlook

Eproblem

Ffaced

Gsure

Hon

Ifeared

Jtiny

Kcompletely

Llick

正确答案

E

答案解析

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。
单选题3

___3___内应选()

Abike

Bmidnight

Cfortunately

Dlook

Eproblem

Ffaced

Gsure

Hon

Ifeared

Jtiny

Kcompletely

Llick

正确答案

D

答案解析

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。
单选题4

___4___内应选()

Abike

Bmidnight

Cfortunately

Dlook

Eproblem

Ffaced

Gsure

Hon

Ifeared

Jtiny

Kcompletely

Llick

正确答案

I

答案解析

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。
单选题5

___5___内应选()

Abike

Bmidnight

Cfortunately

Dlook

Eproblem

Ffaced

Gsure

Hon

Ifeared

Jtiny

Kcompletely

Llick

正确答案

C

答案解析

从空格后he didn’t see it 及这次给孩子的惊喜可推知答案。
单选题6

___6___内应选()

Abike

Bmidnight

Cfortunately

Dlook

Eproblem

Ffaced

Gsure

Hon

Ifeared

Jtiny

Kcompletely

Llick

正确答案

B

答案解析

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。
单选题7

___7___内应选()

Abike

Bmidnight

Cfortunately

Dlook

Eproblem

Ffaced

Gsure

Hon

Ifeared

Jtiny

Kcompletely

Llick

正确答案

A

答案解析

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。
单选题8

___8___内应选()

Abike

Bmidnight

Cfortunately

Dlook

Eproblem

Ffaced

Gsure

Hon

Ifeared

Jtiny

Kcompletely

Llick

正确答案

G

答案解析

根据父母的了解,孩子盼望礼物心切, 肯定会起得很早。
单选题9

___9___内应选()

Abike

Bmidnight

Cfortunately

Dlook

Eproblem

Ffaced

Gsure

Hon

Ifeared

Jtiny

Kcompletely

Llick

正确答案

H

答案解析

on the hands and knees 意为“用手和膝盖爬行”,其中on表示方式。
单选题10

___10___内应选()

Abike

Bmidnight

Cfortunately

Dlook

Eproblem

Ffaced

Gsure

Hon

Ifeared

Jtiny

Kcompletely

Llick

正确答案

K

答案解析

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。