完形填空Yearafteryearmybrothers,sisterandIwouldlieinbedawakeonChristmasm

完形填空Year after year my brothers, sister and I would lie in bed awake on Christmas morning. We were just1to hear my father’s voice saying it was all right to2. Usually I was the first one jumped out of bed. I can still3my growing eagerness(渴望) for the4every year.Even now as I5the boxes of Christmas decorations(装饰品) I can see the familiar ones: the presents with our birth years on them, our five stockings, four for the6, one for the dog. It used to be easy for us to7when to put up the decorations. But now since we all have8and social lives, it is usually a hurried activity. As we get older, the season almost brings a9to a little place in our hearts. The worst was year after my grandparents had10. We couldn’t go to their house to celebrate the holiday anymore.11, we just had a get-together in my house. Now when I12to it, I miss the special13my grandfather gave me for Christmas. I even miss him14me “Jessie”, even though I can’t15when people call me that.Things change, not always for the good,16not always for the bad either. And the things that don’t17have the most important meaning to us, and I am sure they will be there for the18of our lives. After all, every time I hear my father’s19“All right you guys, e on down, nice and slow” and we go down the stairs, first my brother, then me, then my sister, then my older brother, I still20the true Christmas spirit.1.A.advisingB.startingC.wishingD.forgetting2.A.e upB.e downC.e onD.e out3.A.discoverB.understandC.receiveD.remember4.A.yearB.seasonC.habitD.result5.A.throw awayB.set downC.look throughD.give up6.A.kidsB.girlsC.boysD.babies7.A.wonderB.getC.recordD.decide8.A.toysB.ballsC.jobsD.candies9.A.surpriseB.painC.joyD.disappointment10.A.diedB.failedC.succeededD.married11.A.PossiblyB.IndeedC.InsteadD.Luckily12.A.move backB.turn backC.step backD.think back13.A.giftsB.newsC.repliesD.tools14.A.bringingB.callingC.tellingD.introducing15.A.followB.listenC.watchD.stand16.A.andB.soC.butD.thus17.A.changeB.growC.appearD.happen18.A.beginningB.restC.truthD.happiness19.A.lettersB.dreamsC.promisesD.words20.A.needB.hateC.feelD.doubt