【推荐3】When I was a little boy, I would always run outside to play for a few hours after church. When I came back inside, the house ________ heavenly. It was my Italian Nana making our Sunday dinner. There would be loaves of freshly baked Italian bread with butter. There would be a mountain of noodles ________ in red sauce slowly cooking for hours. I remember we would all ________ the old, metal dining room table. Then we would ________ with smiles, laughter and joy. I always felt so ________ and safe there. We always left dinner with full bellies and happy hearts.
As I got older, I ________ to make smaller versions of Nana’s Sunday dinners. I got the ________ recipe from dad, and like an Italian, seasoned to taste. Often I would get very ________ to making a dinner like hers but it was never quite right. There ________ came a point when I realized what I was doing ________. I was trying to achieve a certain taste when what I really wanted to do was achieve a certain ________. It wasn’t just the delicious food that made those dinners so ________; it was also the feeling of ________ that was there. Nana always put her love into her ________. Since then, I have tried my best to do the same. No matter what I am cooking or what I am doing, I always try to ________ it with love.
1. A.smelled | B.looked | C.sounded | D.appeared |
2. A.hidden | B.covered | C.left | D.poured |
3. A.gather around | B.stand by | C.set up | D.lay out |
4. 5. A.hungry | B.confident | C.peaceful | D.curious |
6. A.tried | B.promised | C.agreed | D.happened |
7. A.steak | B.sauce | C.soup | D.pizza |
8. A.open | B.used | C.close | D.devoted |
9. A.usually | B.actually | C.finally | D.slowly |
10. A.wrong | B.well | C.blindly | D.patiently |
11. A.level | B.goal | C.balance | D.feeling |
12. A.formal | B.wonderful | C.traditional | D.popular |
13. A.respect | B.trust | C.love | D.relaxation |
14. A.work | B.life | C.words | D.cooking |
15. A.understand | B.accept | C.consider | D.season |