In the morning,    1     (按照所安排的), the twins got up early, tiptoed to the kitchen and scooped some flour out of the bag. Once they set about making bread,    2     (感到迷惑). At that time, their father slid into the kitchen, patted the twins’ shoulders and comforted them in a soft voice, “    3     (不要放弃，你们可以战胜这个挑战).” The twins made the bread smoothly. Then they carried the breakfast,    4     (向楼上走去，喊醒他们的妈妈).With her eyes glittering with excitement, the mother       5     (是如此满足，她紧紧地抱住孩子们).

6 . Quite often my mother would _________ me to set the family table with the “good china.” Because this _________ with such frequency, I never _________ these occasions. I assumed it was just my mother’s desire.

One evening as I was setting the table, Marge, a neighbor woman, _________ unexpectedly. She _________ on the door, and mother, busy at the stove, invited her to come in. Marge entered the kitchen and, _________ at the beautifully set table, remarked, “Oh, I see you’re expecting _________. I’ll come back another time.”

“No, it’s all right,” replied my mother. “We’re not expecting company.”

“Well then,” said Marge with a(n) _________ look on her face, “why would you have the good china out?”

“Because,” my mom answered, “I’ve prepared my family’s favorite meal. If you _________ your best table for special guests when you prepare a meal, why not for your own __________?”

“Well yes, but your beautiful china will get chips,” responded Marge.

“Oh well,” said Mom __________, “a few chips in the china is a small __________ to pay for the way we always feel as we gather as a family at the dinner table. Besides, all these chips have a story to tell, now don’t they?”

Mom walked to the cupboard and __________ a plate. Holding it up she said, “See this chip? This plate was broken the day we brought our newborn son home. Trying to be __________, my six-year-old daughter dropped that plate as she carried it to the sink. I’ll never forget that day.”

We all laughed. At that moment, I knew for sure that the china held for mother a number of love __________ about our family.

Seeing the mess, Dad’s jaw dropped open. Jenna lowered her head, and     1     (为此向爸爸道歉), with tears on her cheeks. Half surprised, half concerned,       2     (一种关心孩子们的责任感) drove the father to wipe away her tears. Then Dad said, “Let’s do it together!” Dad helped them and made the breakfast successfully. With the breakfast in hand, the twins were a little nervous     3     [接近妈妈的房间(状语从句的省略)]. The moment Mom opened her eyes, she     4       (无法控制自己的情绪). “Thank you, my darling!” she choked.