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第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分45分）
第一节 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21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Once again, Christmas was coming. And once again, my daughter Tania was asking, “What do you want for Christmas, Dad?”
“The usual,” I replied. After 23 years she knew that this  21  a hat and a pair of socks. These were Christmas habits for me.
In the small town where we lived,  22  had a certain rhythm, and the festival was full of  23 . But this year, my daughter, Tania,  24  all that.
Every day for two weeks  25  Christmas, unable to contain her excitement, she repeatedly said, “You’ll never guess,  26  you're going to love your Christmas gift!”
Now, I’m no Scrooge(讨厌圣诞节的吝啬鬼), so please don't get me wrong. I'm 27  one of those who are hard to impress. I must  28 , however, that it was fun to listen to her  29  talk day after day. By the morning of Christmas Eve, I had become more than a little  30 .
At 11:00 A. M. on the 24th, my wife and I were asked to go  31  with a “No peeking(偷看)!”  32 . “Get out! Get out!” Tania ordered us to leave the front room.
So, we went upstairs. Then we heard her  33 , “Okay, you can come down now!”
We were directed into the front room. By the Christmas tree was a  34  gift covered in a blanket.
“Okay,” Tania  35  us, “on the count of three both of you grab a corner of the blanket.” My heartbeat  36 . My wife and I lifted the blanket, and the gift was  37 .
Overcome by  38 , I thought, I couldn’t believe my eyes! I was  39 !
Rising out of the blanket was none  40  my first-born son Greg, home for Christmas for the first time in 19 years!
21. A. included B. represented C. meant D. required
22. A. life B. work C. time D. fortune
23. A. gifts B. surprises C. tunes D. habits
24. A. blamed B. changed C. explained D. valued
25. A. before B. after C. since D. throughout
26. A. if B. unless C. and D. but
27. A. simply B. strictly C. deliberately D. regularly
28. A. announce B. admit C. decide D. pretend
29. A. private B. casual C. enthusiastic D. ridiculous
30. A. upset B. curious C. angry D. patient
31. A. outside B. inside C. upstairs D. downstairs
32. A. command B. note C. sign D. lip
33. A. whispering B. speaking C. shouting D. howling
34. A. large B. small C. free D. common
35. A. reminded B. informed C. invited D. instructed
36. A. slowed B. speeded C. stopped D. dropped
37. A. offered B. discovered C. presented D. exposed
38. A. encouragement B. astonishment C. embarrassment D. disappointment
39. A. confused B. frightened C. impressed D. inspired
40. A. other than B. rather than C. less than D. more than
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