WhenwemovedfromCaliforniatoColorado,1,200milesawayfromo...

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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___21___for Christmas. However, one late October day, I had a phone conversation with my mother-in-law.

“When are you ___22___?” she asked.

I did not know how to ___23___，and changed the subject. When she asked again later in the ___24___一 “ When are you coming?” 一I knew that we would ___25___our plan and not stay in our own home for Christmas.

The thought of not being in our own home caused me to be___26___. What would Christmas away from home look like? Would we be ___27___ the magic of Christmas by not being in our own home? It would be the first time our children would spend ___28___ away from our own home. “How would you like to give ___29___the best Christmas present ever? We can do that___30___giving them the gift of our presence,” we told our kids. They all agreed we should go and so the trip to California was ___31___.

My husband's large family always kept Christmas very ___32___. They only attached great importance___33___the special meal together. My in-laws' faces___34___with joy when our family arrived. Christmas Eve was filled with ___35___, as played games and sang our favorite songs.

Sadly, my mother-in-law's dementia(老年痴呆）became worse. I was ___36___that we had made an excepton and ___37___that Christmas together. I didn’t know it at that time，___38___it was the last Christmas with my mother-in-law.

The gift of being ___39___with her that year was the best gift I have ever ___40___and received.

21. A. friends    B. children    C. neighbors    D. relatives

22. A. coming    B. driving    C. planning    D. phoning

23. A. begin    B. stop    C. respond    D. repeat

24. A. apartment    B. letter    C. conversation    D. situation

25. A. swap    B. change    C. rescue    D. show

26. A. anxious    B. excited    C. tired    D. sensitive

27. A. giving up    B. setting up    C. picking up    D. turning up

28. A. Thanks-giving    B. Mother’s Day    C. New Year    D. Christmas

29. A. uncles    B. grandparents    C. cousins    D. parents

30. A. after    B. before    C. by    D. with

31. A. finished    B. removed    C. appreciated    D. set

32. A. grateful    B. official    C. simple    D. legal

33. A. on    B. in    C. to    D. for

34. A. watched over    B. lit up    C. burst out    D. gave in

35. A. power    B. noise    C. laughter    D. merry

36. A. amazed    B. mean    C. frightened    D. glad

37. A. spent    B. missed    C. packed    D. ignored

38. A. but    B. because    C. unless    D. so

39. A. calm    B. present    C. generous    D. honest

40. A. got    B. seen    C. given    D. heard

【回答】

BACCB  AADBC  DCCBC  DAABC

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

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