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(巨響)． (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意為“面臨”，本句意為“父母?jìng)儗⒁�面臨把禮物藏起來這一艱難的工作”。
(2)	本句意為“如果禮物太大的話，藏禮物就成了真正的難題”。
(3)	stay up意為“熬夜，不睡覺”。
(4)	此時(shí)孩子們很矛盾，為了能早點(diǎn)看到圣誕老人的禮物他們希望早睡早起，但是為了不錯(cuò)過高興的時(shí)刻，他們還希望熬夜。
(5)	awake為形容詞，作伴隨狀語。
(6)	get a look at意為“看一看”。
(7)	從下文可知，兒子沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)自行車，說明他藏得禮物很成功。
(8)	fear表示“擔(dān)心”。
(9)	該句中when引導(dǎo)定語從句，指兒子在圣誕節(jié)之前(看到禮物后)會(huì)問到禮物來路的那一刻。
(10)	兒子沒有看到禮物，對(duì)父親來說是幸運(yùn)的。
(11)	it takes/took sb．some time to do sth．為固定句型，意為“某人花多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間做某事”。
(12)	在圣誕夜孩子們熬了幾個(gè)小時(shí)才睡著，而下文有凌晨5點(diǎn)，所以可知是在半夜放進(jìn)去的。
(13)	把圣誕禮物裝在長(zhǎng)筒襪里。
(14)	從下文可知兒子的禮物是自行車。
(15)	be sure to do sth．意為“一定會(huì)做”，表示語氣非常肯定。而be going to只表示將來而沒有肯定的語氣。
(16)	be woken意為“被吵醒”。
(17)	before此時(shí)意為“還沒來得及……就……”。
(18)	even加強(qiáng)語氣，“甚至連baby也來了”。
(19)	on the hands and knees指baby手膝并用爬進(jìn)來，on表示“以……為支撐”。
(20)	completely意為“徹底地，完全地”。