Period 5(Section B 3a－Self Check)一、完形填空As Christmas is coming, parents are facing with difficult jobs of hiding presents from their curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real __1__. On Christmas Eve, young children find the __2__ almost unbearable(难以承受). They are torn(撕裂；扯破) between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will __3__ their presents quickly and the wish to stay 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 look at Father Christmas.Last Christmas, my wife and I busily managed to hide a few large presents in the storeroom. I feared the moment when my son, Jimmy would ask me where that new bike had come from, but __6__ he did not see it.On Christmas Eve, it took children hours to get to sleep. It must have been nearly __7__ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began filling stockings. Then I pushed in the __8__ I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew |
