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 . Everybody knows Charlie Chaplin, a world-famous funny actor. People _____ have laughed at Charlie Chaplin's films ____ tears run down their faces. From his very first _____ they know what will happen. The little man is always with black moustache, wide-open eyes, round black hat and _____ too large for his feet. He’ll _____ through snow, and fall from windows. He’ll fight men who are twice his _____ or fall in love with women, who ____ notice him and try to hug(拥抱) them.

The poor man that Charlie Chaplin ______ in dozens of films makes all kinds of stupid mistakes. He is always in ______,but he never _____. He dreams of becoming a great man.

Even people who ______ understand English can _____ Chaplin's films, because they are mostly ______. It isn't what he _____ that makes people laugh. His comedy(喜剧) doesn't depend on words. It depends on little ______ which means   the _____ thing to people all over the world.

Chaplin raises his thick eyebrows or rolls his eyes. He hides behind a fat lady or under a table to escape from his ______. He dresses well and pretends to be a ______ and important man. It is all so hopeless and _____ that he makes us laugh. This is the ______ of Chaplin's huge success.

3 . Jim and his sister May walked in the street, and then they noticed a pet store. It was a very small pet store that didn’t have many ________. The owner of the shop, Mr. Smith, greeted Jim and May when they ________. May said, "We would like to buy a dog." "Ah, well, our shop is not very ________," Mr. Smith told her. "So we only have two dogs to choose ________."

They asked Mr. Smith to ________ them the dogs. Mr. Smith took them to see the two dogs. One was a big Bulldog named Buster. The other was a tiny Chihuahua named Teacup. May wanted Teacup, ________ Jim wanted Buster. They walked outside to ________. They couldn’t agree on a dog. May ________ they race home for it. The one who ________ the race could choose the dog.

Jim agreed, and then told May her shoelace（鞋带） was loose. When May __________, he ran off to get a head start. Jim ran as __________ as he could because he really wanted that Bulldog. When he looked back, he found May was so __________ behind that he couldn’t even see her. Jim finally got home. He was _______ but happy. He knew he was the __________. May arrived a few minutes later. She congratulated him and they __________ the pet store together. However, when they arrived they _____ saw Teacup. They asked Mr. Smith where Buster was.

Mr. Smith gave them a(n) __________ that a few minutes after May and Jim left, two boys walked in and bought Buster.

Jim looked at May, and she couldn’t help ________. Jim __________ and turned back to Mr. Smith. "Sometimes you win the __________, but not the prize!" Jim smiled sadly. "We'll take the Chihuahua, please."

4 . 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.

5 . William Franklin came to my class half a year ago．But from his first day here，he _________ himself in his own world and he never spoke to others．As his teacher，I tried to start a talk with him but _________．It seemed as if he just didn't want to break his_________．

After the Thanksgiving holiday，we received the news of the_________ Christmas collection of money for the_________ in our school．"Christmas is a season of_________，"I told my students．"Some poor students in our school might not have a_________ holiday．By giving a little money，you will help_________ some toys，food and clothing for these needy students．We will_________   the collection tomorrow．"

The next morning，__________，I found out almost everyone had__________ this matter except Willard Franklin．He came up to my desk with his head down．__________，he dropped two coins into the small box．"I don't need milk for lunch，"he said in a__________ voice．

After school I couldn't help sharing what had__________ in the morning with our headmaster．"I may be wrong，but I __________ Willard might be ready to become part of our class．"I am __________ to hear that，"he nodded．"And I just received a list of the poor families in our school who most need __________．Here，take a look at it．"

As I sat down to__________，I found Willard Franklin was at the top of the list．At that moment，I felt I really __________ Willard for the first time：a cold face with a warm heart．From this__________，I also learnt that whether rich or poor，every child has a kind heart．