题目内容：

    Years ago, we celebrated our oldest son’s first birthday by holding a super party. I spent months ______, cutting out handmade banners（横幅）and making all kinds of decorations. I kept

____ my husband’s work as he built a cardboard city background. And I would lose ______ of my emotions when it didn’t progress exactly as I _____.

I didn’t know exactly why I stuck to ______ a party like that, but I felt this unspoken ______. It was a feeling that my ______ as a mom and my love for my son were tied to how ______ this party was. Actually my son was turning one year old, and he had no idea what was going on. ______, this clearly meant nothing to him.

I tried to ______ other people and maybe even prove something to myself, only to find it made me ______. On his birthday, I put on a ton of makeup（化妆品） to _____ my stress and smiled to our ______ even though I nearly broke down. It was the ______ party because of the memories attached to it! I ruined a ______ memory for me as a mother and decided to make a ____.

Last weekend, we celebrated my other son Hudson’s sixth birthday. He asked a Ninjago theme, so a week before the party, I searched Amazon (a shopping website) and ______ a banner and some basic party materials as he ______. On that day, we ordered a big meal and used disposable（一次性的）plates to avoid hours of cleaning up. The party was ______ but perfect. As Hudson went to bed that night, he told me it was his best birthday ever.

Parents’______ for kids does not lie in the complexity of celebrating kids’ birthday.

1.A. researching B. preparing C. thinking D. studying

2.A. ignoring B. doubting C. finding D. checking

3.A. control B. count C. sight D. track

4.A. learned B. explained C. expected D. promised

5.A. damaging B. arranging C. attending D. leaving

6.A. fears B. concern C. questions D. pressure

7.A. dream B. job C. identity D. post

8.A. personal B. difficult C. familiar D. brilliant

9.A. However B. Therefore C. Anyhow D. Besides

10.A. persuade B. remind C. inspire D. impress

11.A. delighted B. annoyed C. tired D. astonished

12.A. create B. cover C. express D. experience

13.A. neighbors B. relatives C. colleagues D. guests

14.A. worst B. newest C. best D. biggest

15.A. clear B. bitter C. precious D. accurate

16.A. mess B. deal C. joke D. change

17.A. designed B. purchased C. made D. wanted

18.A. taught B. did C. demanded D. commanded

19.A. splendid B. complicated C. plain D. boring

20.A. affection B. praise C. sympathy D. advice