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) !

A．faced B．met C．filled D．pleased

A．question B．matter C．Problem D．business

A．get B．stay C．stand D．wake

A．lose B．break C．miss D．leave

A．awake B．wake C．asleep D．sleep

A．look B．stare C．glare D．watch

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

A．liked B．feared C．surprised D．hated

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．present B．stocking C．bike D．tree

A．going B．sure C．glad D．excited

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

A．Before B．After C．Until D．Since

A．Even B．And C．Soon D．Then

A．with B．on C．over D．by

A．all B．nearly C．happily D．completely