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 完形填空"This will never do." I kept telling my husband as he set the table one Thanksgiving. I wanted everything to be 1 , because my parents would come. Criticisms from my childhood 2 rang in my mind. So whenever my parents visited us, I 3 myself for more faultfinding. The unhealthy pursuit of perfection 4 the joy from our celebration. Gradually I 5 the reason for Thanksgiving, and I found myself, like my parents, 6 people around me. Then luckily, I read from a book, "Too much criticism hurts; necessary praise helps. Put your praise of someone in 7 so that the person can save and read it."So the next Thanksgiving, I 8 to my husband and my son, "We're each going to write a message saying what we 9 about one of us." Despite their eye-rolling, we soon finished and exchanged our 10 . My son sat up straighter after 11 what his father had written about him. And I felt so uplifted myself when I read "I am proud of your cooking." That was a life-changing 12 . Since then my family has the 13 and we do it year-round―not just the fourth Thursday of November. I no longer just focus on finding fault with others. I'm more 14 how I can help the people around me feel loved and appreciated. Especially in writing, because behind every 15 is the power of love. （1） A .  perfect B .  new C .  permanent D .  normal （2） A .  finally B .  constantly C .  merely D .  hardly （3） A .  hid B .  contained C .  behaved D .  prepared （4） A .  caused B .  passed C .  spread D .  stole （5） A .  made sure of B .  got used to C .  lost sight of D .  paid attention to （6） A .  punishing B .  interrupting C .  criticizing D .  declining （7） A .  questions B .  lectures C .  writing D .  testing （8） A .  reported B .  announced C .  replied D .  admitted （9） A .  appreciate B .  forget C .  expect D .  ignore （10） A .  designs B .  plans C .  gifts D .  notes （11） A .  remembering B .  reading C .  explaining D .  translating （12） A .  book B .  moment C .  mistake D .  promise （13） A .  secret B .  festival C .  tradition D .  experiment （14） A .  interested in B .  curious about C .  sympathetic to D .  thankful for （15） A .  discussion B .  scene C .  decision D .  word 答案：（1）A；（2）B；（3）C；（4）D；（5）C；（6）C；（7）C；（8）B；（9）A；（10）D；（11）B；（12）B；（13）B；（14）A；（15）D；

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