1 . As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ________ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from     ________ young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ________ . On Christmas Eve, young children find the ________ almost unbearable. They are torn by the wish to ________ up late so that they will not miss the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ________ in bed for a long time, hoping to get a short ________ at Father Christmas.

Last Christmas, my wife and I ________ managed to hide a few large presents in the store room. I ________ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ask me where the new bike had come from, but ________ he did not see it.

On Christmas Eve, it took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been early ________ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ________ stockings. Then I ________ the bike for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew that we would not get much ________ that night, for the children were sure to get up early. At about 5 o'clock the next morning, we were ________ by loud sounds coming from the children's room — they shouted excitedly! ________ I had time to get out of bed, Jimmy came ________ into our bedroom on his new bike, and his sister, May, ________ close behind, pushing her new baby carriage. Even the baby arrived, he moved on his ________ and knees into the room bringing a large balloon behind him. Suddenly, it burst. That woke us up ________. The day had really begun with a bang.

2 . In a small village there lived a lazy Brahmin Ramdas. He would do _____ but daydream whole day.

One sunny afternoon, Ramdas was very ______. He said, "What a beautiful day. How I wish I could go back to _____. But then, I will have to go out and get my food." After bathing, Ramdas took out a bowl and out to ______.

By begging the whole day he managed to get a pot full of ______.

"It is this pot of milk that is going to make me ______," he thought. "I will use it to make butter. From the butter, I will be ______ to make ghee (酥油). I am really clever!"

"I will then go to the ______ and sell the ghee " his dream _____. "With the money I get, I will buy a pair of goats. They will have ______ after six months. Soon I would have an entire herd of goats."

"How ______ I am," he thought. "The day I become a rich businessman I will build a big house _____ in the middle of the village. There will be a splendid garden and a swimming pool in front of the house. Early morning I will ______ in the blue waters of the pool.

Deep in his _____, he struck out with his foot, breaking the _____, and drenched （使湿透）himself with the milk. He saw the broken pot and ______. He lost whatever he had because of his ______ and day dreaming.

Laziness is the biggest ______ of our life. If you are lazy then you will not acquire any significant ____ in your life and will always have nothing. Laziness is a _____ who slowly steals everything from us. If you want to become successful in your life and career, please overcome the devil laziness.