题目内容：

    What is a family? Why does it_________? These questions seem_________important in the_______ season when it is often our tradition to celebrate together.

My mother was one of twelve_______. As they grew up, married and had kids of their own, most of them lived_______ enough in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina so that they didn’t need to travel a long way to see each other in the holidays.

I can’t recall getting many gifts from them._______, I remember the sense of being part of something that told me I was loved. The time we spent together was always filled with happiness.

I_______the laughing, playing and fighting with my crazy cousins.

I watched my granddad and uncles sit_______the door arguing about politics and trying to _______the problems of the world as if they were working in the White House. I listened to my grandmother, mother and aunts chat about their lives, hopes and dreams and gossip about any sister who failed to________so that we wouldn’t forget about them in their absence.

The food was always plentiful and delicious. But for me, the food was ________the highlight (亮点). The highlight was________being together.

However, they're all gone now. My parents and grandparents, my aunts and uncles have________ this world. My cousins are scattered (分散) here and there. And yet the memories________, along with the love that we shared.

I________ those memories as well as the things they taught me. They told me that families aren't________, but they prepare us to find our way in this imperfect world.

My husband and I are growing a________ family, while keeping close to our old families. Our life is a beautiful________ of kindness, traditions, nurturing and friendships, which grows year after year.

I hope this holiday season will fill you with lovely memories of the family that ________you, and surround you with all the people who ________“family” to you now.

1.A.mean B.change C.matter D.teach

2.A.especially B.possibly C.mainly D.precisely

3.A.business B.duty C.holiday D.harvest

4.A.parents B.children C.relatives D.members

5.A.near B.far C.quietly D.peacefully

6.A.Besides B.However C.Therefore D.Otherwise

7.A.hated B.ignored C.forgot D.enjoyed

8.A.on B.in C.by D.around

9.A.invent B.approach C.motivate D.conclude

10.A.carry on B.break down C.bring out D.show up

11.A.always B.never C.often D.sometimes

12.A.hardly B.fast C.easily D.simply

13.A.left B.gone C.passed D.come

14.A.look back B.fade away C.stick around D.get out

15.A.praise B.concern C.consider D.treasure

16.A.perfect B.wonderful C.terrible D.meaningful

17.A.small B.fresh C.new D.big

18.A.brand B.introduction C.separation D.mixture

19.A.prepare B.raise C.help D.praise

20.A.mean B.alarm C.guide D.allow