A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a1, I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it 2from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, 3everywhere. I tried to use a broom, 4with each swipe they just rolled across the kitchen.
For the next week, every time I was in the5, I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept6. Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and712 frozen peas hidden underneath.
At the time I found those few remaining8, I was in a new relationship with a wonderful9I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded10those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my 11had 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 12his new surroundings and the13of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered.
When life gets you14, when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’11 never 15, remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be16, and life will move on. You’11 find all the peas17, including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them18you’11 start to feel whole again.
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’11 have to19, and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom,20will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?

1. 1.
   1. A.
      drink
   2. B.
      fruit
   3. C.
      vegetable
   4. D.
      meat
2. 2.
   1. A.
      moved
   2. B.
      walked
   3. C.
      ran
   4. D.
      slipped
3. 3.
   1. A.
      rubbed
   2. B.
      rolled
   3. C.
      grew
   4. D.
      existed
4. 4.
   1. A.
      but
   2. B.
      and
   3. C.
      although
   4. D.
      so
5. 5.
   1. A.
      bedroom
   2. B.
      living room
   3. C.
      kitchen
   4. D.
      storeroom
6. 6.
   1. A.
      getting up
   2. B.
      turning up
   3. C.
      taking up
   4. D.
      using up
7. 7.
   1. A.
      found
   2. B.
      ate
   3. C.
      left
   4. D.
      planted
8. 8.
   1. A.
      presents
   2. B.
      cans
   3. C.
      vegetables
   4. D.
      peas
9. 9.
   1. A.
      man
   2. B.
      child
   3. C.
      woman
   4. D.
      boy
10. 10.
    1. A.
       of
    2. B.
       for
    3. C.
       with
    4. D.
       in
11. 11.
    1. A.
       wife
    2. B.
       life
    3. C.
       son
    4. D.
       friend
12. 12.
    1. A.
       turning to
    2. B.
       leading to
    3. C.
       adjusting to
    4. D.
       adding to
13. 13.
    1. A.
       thank
    2. B.
       love
    3. C.
       help
    4. D.
       loss
14. 14.
    1. A.
       down
    2. B.
       near
    3. C.
       close
    4. D.
       wide
15. 15.
    1. A.
       get it
    2. B.
       make it
    3. C.
       take it
    4. D.
       leave it
16. 16.
    1. A.
       grew
    2. B.
       bought
    3. C.
       collected
    4. D.
       frozen
17. 17.
    1. A.
       eventually
    2. B.
       fortunately
    3. C.
       properly
    4. D.
       specially
18. 18.
    1. A.
       both
    2. B.
       all
    3. C.
       either
    4. D.
       each
19. 19.
    1. A.
       call on
    2. B.
       put on
    3. C.
       bring on
    4. D.
       move on
20. 20.
    1. A.
       while
    2. B.
       because
    3. C.
       since
    4. D.
       or

A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a   16 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it   17  from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles,   18  everywhere. I tried to use a broom,   19  with each swipe they just rolled across the kitchen．
For the next week, every time I was in the   20 , I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept   21 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and   22  12 frozen peas hidden underneath．
At the time I found those few remaining   23 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful   24  I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded 25  those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my   26  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   27  his new surroundings and the  28  of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered．
When life gets you   29 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never  30 , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be  31 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas   32 , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them   33  you’ll start to feel whole again．
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to   34 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom,  35  will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?

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?

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, 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. 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 frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered．
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?

Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed . We couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience (耐力).
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing . I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that mountain, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got knew hope and confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).
【小题1】 The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was _____for Father and Son.