江苏省泰州市2024届高三下学期调研测试(一模)英语试题试题详情
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My mom enjoyed inviting people for Thanksgiving. After my family moved far away from all our 1 , Mom started filling the house with 2 guests-whoever had nowhere else to go for Thanksgiving.
I missed our big family gatherings before moving here, but Mom had a(n) 3 heart. This year, when Mom showed me her guest list, almost half the size of our small town's 4 , I was annoyed.
Our first guests arrived: three foreign exchange students. Mom's original plan was to 5 one. But she was told those unable to go home sometimes 6 in tears, so here came three. The next guests 7 through the door, a single mom and her six kids. With more guests, the volume and the temperature in the house instantly 8 . Luckily, dinner was ready before the house or I 9 . However, seeing my name card placed among the six kids, I murmured angrily, "How would I get such an 10 seat?"
After dinner, Mom suggested sharing something we were thankful for-another annual 11 at our house. "I'm so 12 to your family for opening up home to us. " The single mom spoke with watery eyes. Then one student expressed how much it 13 to be with a family on Thanksgiving.
Suddenly something 14 me: the essence of generosity and inclusion. Thanksgiving is about more than family-it's about a shared 15 full of kindness.