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 no’  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 feared the   43  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 1 went quietly into their room and began    48  stockings(袜子) ．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 youngest 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 bang(巨响)!

A．faced B．met C．filled D．pleased

A．event B．affair C．problem D．business

A．get B．stay C．stand D．wake

A．bring B．break C．miss D．1eave

A．awake B．wake C．asleep D．sleep

A．100k B．stare C．glare D．watch

A．hopefully B．busily C．gladly D．successfully

A．day B．moment C．week D．month

A．answer B．tell C．ask D．search

A．sadly B．unluckily C．possibly D．fortunately

A．it B．they C．I D．we

A．morning B．midnight C．evening D．daybreak

A．filling B．sewing C．mending D．preparing

A．card B．stocking C．bike D．tree

A．troubled B．frightened C．woken D．shocked

A．Before B．Because C．Unless D．Since

A．with B．on C．over D．by

A．all B．nearly C．happily D．completely