Passage 3 ?(遼寧省沈陽(yáng)二中2008屆第四次模擬考試) ?完形填空

Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.

When my three children were young, my husband，Roy ，and I were very ?__36__.

“Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky ?__37__. “Please.”

I had said no so many times in the ?__38__ months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could wait. To her ?__39__ ?, I agreed.

I prepared a few sandwiches and ?__40__ ?a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy ?__41__ . My eleven-year-old twin sons put the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some ?__42__ ?time together as a family.

About the time I got the lunch ?__43__ ?out on the table, Roy arrived on the ?__44__.

That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with ?__45__. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school ?__46__ for so many months. Roy and the boys ?__47__ rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table, ?__48__ ?God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

That night as our ?__49__ went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and realized what a wonderful life I had.

As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest ?__50__ could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you ?__51__.

Even though the kids have now grown up and ?__52__ ?from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

Maybe today would be a good( time to ?__53__ ?potato salad, call all of my grown kids, feed some hungry ?__54__ ?and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a ?__55__.

36. A. old ? ? B. poor ? ? C. busy ? ? D. miserable

37. A. begged ?B. asked C. doubted D. wondered

38. A. coming B. recent C. following D. later

39. A. doubt B. disappointment C. sadness D. surprise

40. A. supplied B. provided ? ? C. combined D. filled

41. A. off work B. at home C. at work D. on business

42. A. unhappy B. quality C. quantity D. sad

43. A. spread B. taken C. made ? ? D. cooked

44. A. scene B. view C. event ? ? ? ? D. landscape

45. A. sadness B. expectation C. hope ? ? D. laughter

46. A. orders ? ? B. charges C. activity D. responsibilities

47. A. missed B. took ? ? ? ? C. skipped D. left

48. A. praying ? B. praising C. thanking D. trusting

49. A. family ? B. children C. friends ? ? ?D. parents

50. A. lifestyle ?B. time ? ? C. world ? ? ?D. family

51. A. enjoy B. own ? ? ?C. have D. love

52. A. left alone B. passed away C. ran away D. moved away

53. A. supply B. cook ? C. watch D. plant

54. A. ducks B. children C. family ? ? ?D. people

55. A. salad ? ? B. life C. picnic ? ? D. hope

答案 ?36.C ? 37.A ?38.B ?39.D ?40.D ?41.C ?42.B ?43.A ?44.A ?45.D ?46.D ?47.C ?48.C ?49.B ?50.B ?51.D ?52.D ?53.B ?54.A ?55.C