完形填空Holidays are not necessarily for fun or rest. Doing something meaningful can also get special pleasure. When the final bell rang, the 1 were reminded that there was no school on Monday —Labor Day.
Kayla was excited about the news. She loved breaks. She wanted to go out to play with her friends. When the school bus 2 Kayla off, she ran into the house and told her mother happily,"Mom, I am excited about no school on Monday."
Kayla slept in the next morning. Saturday was her 3 day of the week. She could enjoy playing video games all day. On Sunday, her friends came 4 and they played basketball for several hours.
Then it was Labor Day — the extra(额外的) day off that Kayla was looking forward to. But her dad 5 Kayla early that morning. He told Kayla that in honor of Labor Day, the family would be cleaning both inside and outside the house. Kayla couldn't believe it. As Kayla wiped (擦) her eyes, she began to wonder if this was just a bad 6 .
When she sat down at the kitchen table, Kayla asked her parents, "Are you 7 about working today? Isn't Labor Day a holiday?"
"Yes, Kayla. It is,"replied her dad,"but your mom and I thought working hard today would make 8 know why Labor Day was celebrated in the first place."
At first, she was against the plan from the bottom of her heart, but she had no 9 . First, Kayla was arranged(安排) to wash the breakfast dishes. After that, she was asked to give their dog a bath. It was a hard 10 and needed a lot of tiring, careful and patient work. So she slowly got down to the work with great unwillingness(不情愿).
11 things began to change as she was doing. 12 the dog, she found it was a lot of fun with so many soap bubbles (气泡). In no time, she got the work done with great 13 .
When they finished all the work, Kayla enjoyed 14 in her tree house, drinking the lemonade. "Does Labor Day make the lemonade taste even more 15 ?"Kayla thought. What a meaningful day it was!