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Question

Steve: So how's everything going for Christmas?

Jerry: My family is working together to get all the food ready. That's easy but I have another problem to deal 61____ . 

Steve: What's that? Don’t tell me you’ve still got Christmas cards to write. It usually takes my wife a month 62.____ (write) all of ours.

Jerry: No I 63. ____ (do) that a long time ago. It's about 64. ____ (tell) my son the truth about Santa Claus.

Steve: Does he still think Santa is real? Do you think 65. ____ is better that he should be told?

Jerry: Yes. He's never said anything so I've never told him. But now he's getting older he doesn't find that type of thing 66. ____ (convince) to any-one.

Steve: That happened to my oldest girl. She became 67. ____ (real) upset when she knew the fact 68. ____ Santa wasn’ t real.

Jerry: I can understand. I was lucky with my oldest girl; she found it out by 69.____ (her) and didn’ t ____ tell my son.

Steve: Well try to come up with a satisfactory 70.____ (explain) . It's hard for kids to find out something like that.

Answer 1

61. with。考查介词。deal with意为“处理”。

62. to write。考查固定结构。 It takes sb. some time to do sth.意为“某人花费多长时间做某事”。

63. did。考查一般过去时。由a long time ago可知，设空处表示的动作发 生在过去，故填did。

64. telling。考查动词-ing形式作宾语的 用法。设空处作介词about的宾语， 故填 telling。

65. it。考查it的用法。设空处作形式主 语，真正的主语是that he should be told 故填 it。

66. convincing。考查形容词作宾语补 足语的用法。设空处作宾语补足 语，说明宾语that type of thing的性 质，故填convincing (令人信服的) 。

67. really。考查副词。设空处修饰形容 词upset 故填副词really (非常) 。

68. that。考查连接词。设空处引导同 位语从句，又因从句成分及意义均完 整，故填that。

69. herself。考查代词。此处表示“她自己”，故填 herself。

70. explanation。考查名词。由 a satis-factory可知，设空处应填名词expla-nation (解释)