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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 ___1___ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ___2__ On tile 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 them 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. ___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. We were woken up ___20__ by them at this time.

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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 ___1___ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ___2__ On tile 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 them 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. ___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. We were woken up ___20__ by them at this time.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。

　　Mrs. Harrington was glad to be back at the block of flats where she lived. Her shopping had tired her. In the  1 her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest; but when she got out at her own floor, both were forgotten in her  2 discovery that her front door was  3 . She was thinking that she must blame her daily  4 the next morning for such a terrible piece of carelessness, when she remembered that she had  5 both keys in their locks. She walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the  6 were open, yet following her regular practice she had shut them before going out. Looking into the drawing room, she saw a scene of  7 over her writing desk. It was as clear as daylight then that her flat had been broken in during her  8 . Her first angry thought was to go  9 all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more  10 to have someone with her, so she went to  11 Mr. Johnson from the first floor. By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, so she sat down and  12 a cup of very strong tea while he telephoned the police.

　　Then they went back and through the rooms, being careful to touch  13 , as they did not want to hinder(妨碍) the police in their search for  14 . It seemed as though everything she  15 had been thrown out and turned over and over. Then a police officer arrived with a policeman and she told them of her  16 of her robbed flat. The police officer began to look for fingerprints, while the policeman  17 that the front door locks had not been  18 , which proved that the thieves had either used some  19 or entered over the balcony(阳台). There was no trace of fingerprints, but the officer found a dirty red pack that  20 jewelry which the old lady said was not hers. So the entry into this flat was clearly not their first job that day.

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