完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Year after year my brothers, sister and I would lie in bed awake on Christmas morning. We were just 36 to hear my father’s voice saying it was all right to 37 . Usually I was the first one jumped out of bed. I can still 38 my growing eagerness(渴望) for the 39 every year.
Even now as I 40 the 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 the 41 , one for the dog. It used to be easy for us to 42 when to put up the decorations. But now since we all have 43 and social lives, it is usually a hurried activity.
As we get older, the season almost brings a 44 to a little place in our hearts. The worst was year after my grandparents had 45 . We couldn’t go to their house to celebrate the holiday anymore. 46 , we just had a get-together in my house. Now when I 47 to it, I miss the special 48 my grandfather gave me for Christmas. I even miss him 49 me “Jessie”, even though I can’t 50 when people call me that.
Things change, not always for the good, 51 not always for the bad either. And the things that don’t 52 have the most important meaning to us, and I am sure they will be there for the 53 of our lives. After all, every time I hear my father’s 54 “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 still 55 the true Christmas spirit.
【小题1】A．advisingB．startingC．wishingD．forgetting【小题2】A．e upB．e downC．e onD．e out【小题3】A．discoverB．understandC．receiveD．remember【小题4】A．yearB．seasonC．habitD．result【小题5】A．throw awayB．set downC．look throughD．give up【小题6】A．kidsB．girlsC．boysD．babies【小题7】A．wonderB．getC．recordD．decide【小题8】A．toysB．ballsC．jobsD．candies【小题9】A．surpriseB．painC．joyD．disappointment【小题10】A．diedB．failedC．succeededD．married【小题11】A．PossiblyB．IndeedC．InsteadD．Luckily【小题12】A．move backB．turn backC．step backD．think back【小题13】A．giftsB．newsC．repliesD．tools【小题14】A．bringingB．callingC．tellingD．introducing【小题15】A．followB．listenC．watchD．stand【小题16】A．andB．soC．butD．thus【小题17】A．changeB．growC．appearD．happen【小题18】A．beginningB．restC．truthD．happiness【小题19】A．lettersB．dreamsC．promisesD．words【小题20】A．needB．hateC．feelD．doubtC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】前面说：Year after year my brothers, sister and I would lie in bed awake on Christmas morning. 还有文章的最后一句话，说明是圣诞节早晨希望听到爸爸的声音。C
【小题1】同上句话，因为孩子还躺在床上，所以爸爸让孩子下来。e down. B
【小题1】句意是：我还记住我的渴望，用remember。D
【小题1】孩子是渴望圣诞节，是每年的这个季节。还有第三段也说明了是选B。
【小题1】词组辨析题：throw away扔掉set down放下，记下look through 浏览give up放弃，C 项符合句意，是浏览，仔细查看盒子。
【小题1】这里是统称孩子，不是男孩或女孩。选A。
【小题1】句意是：过去我们很容易决定什么时候挂上装饰品。D项合适。
【小题1】句后有：it is usually a hurried activity. 因为忙于工作和社交活动，我们都很忙。C正确。
【小题1】根据The worst was year after my grandparents说明随着岁月的变迁，这个季节也给我们带来了痛苦。B
【小题1】句意是：最糟糕的是祖父的去世。选A。
【小题1】前后的逻辑关系表示：We couldn’t go to their house to celebrate the holiday anymore.所以填：相反的。C
【小题1】think back是回想，D
【小题1】句意是：当我回想时，我想念祖父给我的特殊的礼物。A
【小题1】根据后面的when people call me that，得知选B，call me Jessie叫我Jessie
【小题1】这里stand表示忍受，句意是：人们叫我Jessie我受不了。D
【小题1】从good\bad看出，这两句话是转折的关系：C
【小题1】根据前面的Things change,看出是没有改变的事情。A
【小题1】the rest of our lives是我们的余生。B
【小题1】根据后面的“All right you guys, e on down, nice and slow”说明是爸爸说的话。D
【小题1】孩子们都感受到了圣诞节的真正含义。其它选项明显不对。C