Going Home for the Spring Festival
“It’s almost the Spring Festival. Can we go to Hainan for the holiday, Dad?”
“Not this time,” Dad answered with a smile. “We’re going to your 1. ____ (mum) hometown!”
Soon the day of our family trip came. We got up very early in the morning 2. ____ (catch) the train. The train journey 3. ____ (take) more than seven hours, and then we changed to a bus to get to my grandparents’ village in the evening. 4. ____ the end of the road, I saw Grandpa and my little cousin 5. ____ (stand) in the cold wind waiting for us. We walked 6. ____ (quick) to greet them.
Grandpa helped us pull the heavy luggage 7. ____ the house.
“Ah, home again!” said Mum with a smile on her face. Grandma, my aunt, and my uncle were busy 8. ____ (cook) dinner in the kitchen. They were very happy to see us. After a little while, my parents went to the kitchen 9. ____ (help).
“Could you bring Wenwen her favourite snacks?” Grandma asked Grandpa.
I shared the snacks 10. ____ my cousin and told Grandpa about school. He was happy to hear I was doing 11. ____ (good) at school. When dinner was ready, I asked, “Can I help?”
“You can set the table,” Dad said.
We then 12. ____ (enjoy) all the delicious food.
“Mm, the familiar taste 13. ____ home!” said Mum.
During the dinner, my uncle told us some 14. ____ (joke) and we had a good laugh.
Several days later when we were leaving, Grandma held my hands and asked us, “Will you come home more often?”
Mum 15. ____ (nod), with tears in her eyes.

答案：
1. mum’s 2. to catch 3. took 4. At
5. standing 6. quickly 7. into 8. cooking
9. to help 10. with 11. well 12. enjoyed
13. of 14. jokes 15. nodded

【小试牛刀】
①She may need you help with some business ().
②无论我们遇到什么困难,我们都应该勇敢地面对。
difficulties we meet, we should face them bravely.

①matters ②No matter what