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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?
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Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment－to draw a picture of something for which they were __31__.
Most of the class might be considered economically __32__，but still many would celebrate the holiday with turkey and other traditional goodies of the season. These，the teacher thought，would be the __33__ of most of her students’ art. And they were.
But Douglas made a different kind of __34__.Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher’s true child of misery，weak and __35__.As other children played at break，Douglas was likely to stand close by her side. One could only guess at the __36__ Douglas felt behind those sad eyes.
Yes，his picture was __37__.When asked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful，he drew a hand. Nothing else. Just an __38__ hand.
His abstract image __39__ the imagination of his peers. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer，because farmers __40__ turkeys. Another suggested a police officer，because the police protect and __41__ people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God，for God feeds us. And so the __42__ went－until the teacher almost forgot the young artist himself.
When the children had gone on to other assignments，she __43__ at Douglas’desk，bent down，and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and __44__，“It’s yours，teacher.” She __45__ the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there，__46__ she had the other students. How often had she said，“Take my hand，Douglas，we’ll go outside.” Or，“Let me show you how to __47__ your pencil.”Or，“Let’s do this together.” Douglas was most thankful for his teacher’s hand.
Brushing aside a tear，she went on with her work.
The story speaks of __48__ thankfulness. It says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing __49__，and how much it means to the Douglases of the world. They might not always say thanks，but they’ll remember the hand that __50__.
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He lost his arms in an accident that took his father’s life. Since then，he has had to depend on the __31__ of his younger brother.__32__ writing with his toes，he was completely unable to do anything in his life. But when the two brothers grew up，his younger brother __33__ to separate from him，living his own life，as many normal people do. So he was __34__ and didn’t know what to do.
A __35__ disaster befell (降临) a girl，too. One night her mother，who __36__ from mental illness disappeared. So her father went out looking for her mother，__37__ her alone at home. She tried to prepare meals for her parents，__38__ to overturn the kerosene light (煤油灯) on the stove，__39__ in a fire which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister showed her __40__ to take care of her，she was determined to be completely __41__.At school，she always studied hard. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I am __42__.Though I lost my arms，I still have legs; I am lucky.__43__ my wings are broken，my heart can still fly.”
One day，the boy and the girl were both invited to __44__ on a television interview program. The boy told the TV host about his uncertain __45__ at being left on his own.__46__，the girl was full of hope for her life. They both were __47__ to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My younger brother’s arms are my arms while the girl wrote: Broken wings，__48__ heart.
It is true that __49__ can strike at any time. But if you decide to be strong，the hardship will __50__ to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.
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I returned to Abuja，the capital of Nigeria，after college graduation.I had been there before my mother became a minister.
Two weeks later，I told my mother I was bored.She said，“Here’re the car keys.Go and buy some fruit.”__31__，I jumped into the car and speeded off.
Seeing me or rather my __32__，a boy sprang up (跳起来)，__33__ to sell his bananas and peanuts.“Banana 300 naira.Peanut 200 naira！”
Looking at his blackstriped bananas，I __34__ to 200 total for the fruit and nuts.He __35__.I handed him a 500 naira note.He didn’t have __36__，so I told him not to worry.He was __37__ and smiled a row of perfect teeth.
When，two weeks later，I __38__ this same boy.I was more aware of my position in Nigerian society.I should __39__ this country as the son of a __40__.But it was hard to find pleasure in a place where it was so __41__ to see a little boy who should have been in school selling fruit.
“What’s up？” I asked.He answered in __42__ English，“I...I no get money to buy book.”I took out two 500 naira notes.He looked around __43__ before sticking his hand into the car __44__ the bills.One thousand naira means a lot to a family that __45__ only 50,000 each year.
The next morning，security officers told me，“In this place，when you give a little，people think you’re a fountain of opportunity (机会)．”
__46__ it’s right，but this happens everywhere in the world.I wondered if my little friend had actually used the money for __47__.
After six months’ work in northern Nigeria，I returned and saw him again standing on the road.
“Are you in school now？”
He nodded.
A silence fell as we looked at each other，then I __48__ what he wanted.I held out a 500 naira note.“Take this.”
He shook his head fiercely and stepped back __49__ hurt.
“It’s a gift，”I said.
Shaking his head again，he handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts.“I’ve been waiting to __50__ these to you.”
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A．explained B．promised C．agreed D．admitted
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A．Possibly B．Actually C．Certainly D．Fortunately
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One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm.At 16，I liked __31__ better than driving our truck，__32__ this time I was not happy.My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit(赊账) at the store.
Sixteen is a __33__age，when a young man wants respect，not charity.It was 1976，and the ugly __34__ of racial discrimination was __35__ a fact of life.I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand，head down，while the store owner __36__ whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were __37__ like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
My family was __38__.We paid our debts.But before harvest，cash was short.Would the store owner __39__ us?
At Davis’s store，Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk，talking to a farmer.I nodded __40__ I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves.When I brought my __41__ to the cash desk，I said __42__，“I need to put this on credit.”
The farmer gave me an amused，distrustful __43__.But Buck’s face didn’t change.“Sure，” he said __44__.“Your daddy is __45__ good for it.” He __46__ to the other man.“This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”
The farmer nodded in a neighborly __47__.I was filled with pride.James Williams’s son.Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I discovered that the good name my parents had __48__ brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors.Everyone knew what to __49__ from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself __50__ much to do wrong.
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