My dad had to leave high school to support his mom and six brothers and sisters at the age of 16. He tells my brothers and me the stories of when he was our age.

One day, when he came home after school, he found a _______ on the door. It said that his family must move out of the house at once.

Smoking and drinking _______ all his dad’s money, but my dad wasn’t angry about it. Instead, when he remembered the happy times he had sat with his father enjoying football matches, he felt a little _______.

My dad’s little sister would cry at birthday parties _______ she could never have one of her own at home. My brothers and I have had _______ every year, but we had my dad’s first birthday party when he was forty.

He tell us to work hard and stay in school. We’ve heard it so much that sometimes we don’t take it _______ But now I often think of his words： “There’s _______ you can’t do if you stay in school and work hard.” I think my father’s fate（ 命运） would be changed _______ if he’d had just one person saying those words to him.

He works hard for 16 hours a day, so we can _______ a good home and do the things he never could.

My dad has always told me this, but now it’s my turn. I am so ________ of you, Dad.

It’s a rainy, cold winter afternoon. The boys are playing in their rooms, so it’s the perfect time to do some_________and enjoy the quiet. I have all ingredients on the counter and get my bowl and measuring (计量用的) cup ready. Then comes the_________sound of shouting. fighting and trying, follow by the boy’s voice, “Mom! He_________me!” and I hear footsteps running up the stairs. I sigh (叹息).

My younger son is standing in front of me in_________. I hug him to stop him crying as my older son came up too, ready to protect_________right. All hope of some quiet time has_________, but I just don’t feel like being a judge today.

“So, who wants to help me make some bread?” I ask_________. I decide not to pay attention to their sad looks_________I don’t expect to listen to their story.

“Bread is boring,” Tristan finally says. “What would you like to make?” I ask, wishing I_________just get back to my afternoon plan. “Chocolate!” Sawyer yells, “Chocolate chip cookies!” Tristan____________happily.

I watch Sawyer practice____________eggs for juice and Tristan patiently instruct his brother on____________to measure sugar. I can see their excitement when doing all these and I know there’s____________else I’d like to do now.

The kitchen is a great mess. There is egg juice and flour on the floor, forks lying everywhere, and a mountain of dishes to____________. I can see two happy faces-covered in chocolate, but smiling ear to ear. The mess and their fight are forgotten.

As we sit together on the sofa, we dig into the big plate of cookies, fresh from the oven, which is baked with____________of the family.

It’s Saturday morning. Alice is in a food store with her parents. They ________ a lot of food there.

Look! There are apples, ________, oranges and pears. Grandpa likes fruit. They get some for him. Wow! The tomatoes are so big and ________. They are Grandma’s favorites. So they also get some for her. Dad’s favorite food is ________. But there are only some chicken burgers. Does Dad like ________? Of course. He really likes chicken burgers. So they buy two chicken burgers. How about ________? She likes bread and strawberry jam(果酱) for breakfast. But the food store has ________ strawberry jam. Then Mom gets some butter (黄油). Bread with butter is nice. Alice wants some ice-cream. But Mom says it is not ________ and she can have some yogurt (酸奶) ________ it is good for her.

Alice is really happy to go shopping with her ________. She hopes to go again next week.