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As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are  41  with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real  42  . 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  43  up late so that they will not  44  the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie  45  for a long time, hoping to get a short  46  at Father Christmas. Last Christmas, my wife and I  47  hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I  48  the moment when my son, Jimmy, would  49  me where that new bike had come from, but  50  he did not see it. On Christmas Eve,  51  took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly  52  when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began  53  stockings. Then I pushed in the  54  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  55  to get up early. At about five o’clock the next morning, we were  56  by loud sounds coming from the children’s room — they were shouting excitedly!  57  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.  58  the baby arrived. He moved  59  the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up  60  . The day had really begun with a band(巨响) ! 41. A. faced         B. met                  C. filled               D. pleased 42. A. question       B. matter                C. problem             D. business 43. A. get           B. stay                  C. stand              D. wake 44. A. lose          B. break                C. miss         D. leave 45. A. awake        B. wake               C. asleep               D. sleep 46. A. glance         B. stare               C. glare                D. watch 47. A. hopefully        B. absolutely     C. delightedly    D. successfully 48. A. liked          B. feared              C. surprised             D. hated 49. A. answer         B. doubt              C. ask                 D. search 50. A. absolutely       B. unluckily      C. possibly      D. fortunately 51. A. it              B. they               C. I                  D. we 52. A. morning         B. midnight      C. evening             D. daybreak 53. A. filling            B. sewing             C. mending      D. preparing 54. A. present         B. stocking            C. bike                D. tree 55. A. going          B. sure                C. glad                D. excited 56. A. troubled        B. frightened     C. woken               D. shocked 57. A. Before          B. After               C. Until                D. Since 58. A. Even           B. And               C. Soon               D. Then 59. A. with           B. on                 C. over                D. by 60. A. all             B. nearly        C. happily               D. completely 答案：41-45. ACBCA  46-50. ADBCD   51-55. ABACB  56-60. CAABD

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