A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called
to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a 36 ,
I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it 37
from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, 38 everywhere.
I tried to use a broom(扫帚), 39 with each
sweep they just rolled across the kitchen.
For the next week, every time I was in the
40 , I found a pea—in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept
41 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind
it, and 42 12 frozen peas hidden underneath.
At the time I found those few remaining 43 ,
I was in a new relationship with a wonderful 44 I’d met in a
support group. After we married, I was reminded 45 those peas
under the refrigerator, and realized that my 46 had been like
that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered(破碎). My wife
had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble
47 his new surroundings and the 48 of his mother. I
was a bag of spilled(洒落) frozen peas; my life had come apart and
scattered(撒开).
When life gets you 49 , when
everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never 50 ,
remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be 51 ,
and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas 52 , including
the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them 53 you’ll
start to feel whole again.
The life you know can break apart at any time. But
you’ll have to 54 , and how fast you collect your peas
depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, 55 will
you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
1. A.drink B.fruit C.meat D.vegetable
2. A.slipped B.walked C.ran D.moved
3. A.rubbed B.rolled C.grew D.existed
4. A.so B.and C.although D.but
5. A.bedroom B.living room C.kitchen D.storeroom
6. A.getting up B.taking up C.turning up D.using up
7. A.found B.ate C.left D.planted
8. A.peas B.cans C.vegetables D.presents
9. A.man B.child C.woman D.boy
10. A.for B.with C.in D.of
11. A.wife B.life C.son D.friend
12. A.adapting to B.leading to C.turning to D.adding to
13. A.thank B.love C.help D.loss
14. A.wide B.near C.down D.close
15. A.get it B.make it C.take it D.leave it
16. A.grew B.collected C.bought D.frozen
17. A.eventually B.fortunately C.properly D.specially
18. A.both B.either C.all D.each
19. A.call on B.put on C.bring on D.move on
20. A.while B.or C.since D.because