Question

Cloze(完形填空) 　　As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent and rooms to be cleaned．Parents are 　　1　　 with a difficul job 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 　　3　　 up late so that they will not 　　4　　 the fun．The wish for gifts usually proves stronger．But though children go to bed early, they often lie 　　5　　 for a long time, hoping to get a short 　　6　　 at Father Christmas．? 　　Last Christmas, my wife and I 　　7　　 hid a few large presents in the storeroom．I 　　8　　 the moment when my son, Jimmy, would 　　9　　 me where that new bike had come from, but 　　10　　 he did not see it． 　　On Christmas Eve, 　　11　　 took the children hours to go to sleep．It must have been nearly 　　12　　 when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began 　　13　　 stockings．Then I pushed in the 　　14　　 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 　　15　　 to get up early．At about five o’clock the next morning, we were 　　16　　 by loud sounds coming from the children’s room．They were shouting excitedly!　　17　　 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．　　18　　 the baby arrived．He moved 　　19　　 the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him．Suddenly it burst．That woke us up 　　20　　．The day had really begun with a bang(巨响)． (1) [　　] A． faced B． met C． filled D． please (2) [　　] A． question B． matter C． problem D． business (3) [　　] A． get B． stay C． stand D． wake (4) [　　] A． lose B． break C． miss D． leave (5) [　　] A． awake B． wake C． asleep D． sleep (6) [　　] A． look B． stare C． glare D． watch (7) [　　] A． hopefully B． busily C． gladly D． successfully (8) [　　] A． liked B． feared C． surprised D． hated (9) [　　] A． answer B． tell C． ask D． search (10) [　　] A． sadly B． unluckily C． possibly D． fortunately (11) [　　] A． it B． they C． I D． we (12) [　　] A． morning B． midnight C． evening D． daybreak (13) [　　] A． filling B． sewing C． mending D． preparing (14) [　　] A． present B． stocking C． hike D． tree (15) [　　] A． going B． sure C． glad D． excited (16) [　　] A． troubled B． frightened C． woken D． shocked (17) [　　] A． Before B． After C． Until D． Since (18) [　　] A． Even B． And C． Soon D． Then (19) [　　] A． with B． on C． over D． by (20) [　　] A． all B． nearly C． happily D． completely

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．C;3．B;4．C;5．A;6．A;7．D;8．B;9．C;10．D;11．A;12．B;13．A;14．C;15．B;16．C;17．A;18．A;19．B;20．D;
解析：

(1)	be faced with意为“面临”，本句意为“父母们将要面临把礼物藏起来这一艰难的工作”。
(2)	本句意为“如果礼物太大的话，藏礼物就成了真正的难题”。
(3)	stay up意为“熬夜，不睡觉”。
(4)	此时孩子们很矛盾，为了能早点看到圣诞老人的礼物他们希望早睡早起，但是为了不错过高兴的时刻，他们还希望熬夜。
(5)	awake为形容词，作伴随状语。
(6)	get a look at意为“看一看”。
(7)	从下文可知，儿子没有发现自行车，说明他藏得礼物很成功。
(8)	fear表示“担心”。
(9)	该句中when引导定语从句，指儿子在圣诞节之前(看到礼物后)会问到礼物来路的那一刻。
(10)	儿子没有看到礼物，对父亲来说是幸运的。
(11)	it takes/took sb．some time to do sth．为固定句型，意为“某人花多长时间做某事”。
(12)	在圣诞夜孩子们熬了几个小时才睡着，而下文有凌晨5点，所以可知是在半夜放进去的。
(13)	把圣诞礼物装在长筒袜里。
(14)	从下文可知儿子的礼物是自行车。
(15)	be sure to do sth．意为“一定会做”，表示语气非常肯定。而be going to只表示将来而没有肯定的语气。
(16)	be woken意为“被吵醒”。
(17)	before此时意为“还没来得及……就……”。
(18)	even加强语气，“甚至连baby也来了”。
(19)	on the hands and knees指baby手膝并用爬进来，on表示“以……为支撑”。
(20)	completely意为“彻底地，完全地”。