It was the first time in Cindy’s 12 years that she had tried to make a cake, but it wasn’t exactly a success. The cake was well lumpy (结成块的). And it tasted ____, as if she ____ the sugar. Besides, the ____ was in a mess with all the fixings for cake out of place.
But Cindy wasn’t thinking about the mess. She was anxious for her parents to ____ home, so she could ____ her gift to them. She turned off the lights and waited ____ in the darkness. When at last she saw the ____ of the car’s headlights, she ____ herself in the kitchen doorway. When she heard the ____ sliding into the front door, she was close to exploding.
Her parents entered quietly, but Cindy would have ____ of that. She turned on the lights dramatically and gestured towards the kitchen ____, where a slightly off-balance cake awaited ____ praise. But her mother saw nothing but the ____. She shouted, “How many times have I talked to you about cleaning up after yourself?”
“But, Mom. I was only…”
“Clean this up immediately.”
____, Cindy’s mother isn’t the only parent who ____ the occasional inability to see the wood for the trees. Sometimes we allow ourselves to be ____ to things of long-term significance by the thing that seems ____ now — but isn’t. ____ kitchen sanitation (卫生设备) is important, is it ____ the sacrifice (祭品) of tender feelings and relationships? As patents, there are times when we ____ need to see the mess in the kitchen, and times when we only need to see the cake.

A．delicious B．sweet C．fresh D．bad

A．had run out B．had been given out C．had been worn out D．had used up

A．kitchen B．bedroom C．garden D．lab

A．leave B．visit C．return D．miss

A．send B．present C．share D．prepare

A．patiently B．excitedly C．nervously D．politely

A．shadow B．flame C．flash D．body

A．positioned B．managed C．adapted D．dropped

A．window B．car C．chair D．key

A．much B．part C．none D．something

A．floor B．table C．knife D．wall

A．their B．her C．his D．Cindy’s

A．chance B．result C．cake D．mess

A．Hopefully B．Luckily C．Happily D．Unfortunately

A．gives up B．suffers from C．shows off D．takes in

A．blinded B．addicted C．opposed D．devoted

A．necessary B．important C．ordinary D．clean

A．As B．If C．Although D．Since

A．across B．like C．towards D．worth

A．sadly B．only C．really D．hardly