Thanksgiving was on the way, I could always count on the arrival of my son’s family who lived just an hour away. We( 1 ) had Thanksgiving dinner at my house. I was planning the menu as the rang( 2 ). It was Bruce’s wife, Elsa.
“We want you to be our ( 3 ) this year,” Elsa said. “It’s too much work for you, Mom. It’s time we started some of our own traditions.”
I was shocked, confused, and most of all,( 4 ) . Thanksgiving was always at my house.( 5 ) they didn’t want to continue my Thanksgiving traditions. “I just won’t come,” I said, and hung up.
In order not to think of it, I tried to make myself ( 6 ) with housework, but it was no use. Much as I ( 7 ) to admit it, Elsa had a point. I’d ( 8 )my own Thanksgiving traditions when I got married. I couldn’t very well ( 9 ) her for wanting to do the same.
With everything in my car on Thanksgiving morning, I started off to Bruce’s house.
At the house my son’s family pulled me inside. Elsa and Bruce turned to go back into the kitchen. I helped them ( 10 ) the food. Then all three of us went out into the living room where the kids were. I told ( 11 ) about their Dad when he was little that I’d ( 12 ) a hundred times, but somehow now they were funnier than ever. When everything was ready we gathered in the dining room for the holiday meal.
When the kids ( 13 ) that night Elsa wrapped up a huge pan of leftovers for them to take along, just as I’d always done for her and Bruce all those years.
It turns out they just don’t need grandmother’s ( 14 ) for Thanksgiving. I’ve also learned that Thanksgiving is wherever Grandma ( 15 )
1. A. always B. seldom C. never D. sometimes
2. A. whistle B. alarm C. phone D. doorbell
3. A. cook B. guest C. teacher D. receptionist
4. A. nervous B. curious C. frightened D. hurt
5. A. Obviously B. Generally C. Hopefully D. Gradually
6. A. satisfied B. patient C. busy D. familiar
7. A. failed B. hated C. learned D. desired
8. A. abandoned B. changed C. benefited D. begun
9. A. admire B. blame C. praise D. embarrass
10. A. prepare B. taste C. order D. store
11. A. lessons B. plans C. feelings D. stories
12. A. imagined B. repeated C. discovered D. collected
13. A. left B. slept C. stayed D. approached
14. A. house B. gift C. idea D. hope
15. A. expects B. works C. lives D. goes
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