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 ____?” she asked.

I did not know how to ______，and changed the subject. When she asked again later in the ____一 “ When are you coming?” 一I knew that we would ____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 ___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____the special meal together. My in-laws' faces____with joy when our family arrived. Christmas Eve was filled with ____, as played games and sang our favorite songs.

Sadly, my mother-in-law's dementia(老年癡呆）became worse. I was ___that we had made an excepton 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 ___and received.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13.A. on B. in C. to D. for

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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