When we moved from California to Colorado, 1, 200 miles away from our parents, my husband and I decided that we did not want to travel a long way with our four ______ for Christmas. However, one late October day, I had a phone conversation with my mother-in-law.
“When are you coming?”she asked.
I did not know how to ______ , and changed the subject. When she asked again later in the ______-“When are you coming?”-I knew that we would change our plan and not stay in our own home for Christmas. The thought of not being in our own home caused me to be ______. What would Christmas away from home look like? Would we be ______ the magic of Christmas by not being in our own home? It would be the first time our children would spend ______ away from our own home. “How would you like to give grandparents the best Christmas present ever? We can do that ______ giving them the gift of our presence,” we told our kids. They all agreed we should go and so the trip to California was ______
My husband's large family always kept Christmas very ______. They only attached great importance to the special meal together. My in-laws' faces ______ with joy when our family arrived. Christmas Eve was filled with ______, as we played games and sang our favorite songs.
Sadly, my mother-in-law’s dementia(老年痴呆)became worse. I was ______ that we had made an exception and ______ that Christmas together. I didn't know it at that time, ______ it was the last Christmas with my mother-in-law.
The gift of being ______ with her that year was the best gift I have ever given and received.
【小题1】A.friends | B.children | C.neighbors | D.relatives |
【小题2】A.begin | B.stop | C.respond | D.repeat |
【小题3】A.apartment | B.letter | C.conversation | D.situation |
【小题4】A.anxious | B.excited | C.tired | D.sensitive |
【小题5】A.giving up | B.setting up | C.picking up | D.turning up |
【小题6】A.Thanksgiving | B.Mother's Day | C.New Year | D.Christmas |
【小题7】A.after | B.before | C.by | D.with |
【小题8】A.finished | B.removed | C.appreciated | D.set |
【小题9】A.grateful | B.official | C.simple | D.legal |
【小题10】A.watched over | B.lit up | C.burst out | D.gave in |
【小题11】A.power | B.noise | C.laughter | D.merry |
【小题12】A.amazed | B.mean | C.frightened | D.glad |
【小题13】A.spent | B.missed | C.packed | D.ignored |
【小题14】A.but | B.because | C.unless | D.so |
【小题15】A.calm | B.present | C.generous | D.honest |