Our children grew up on jelly(果酱) sandwiches.Even my husband and I sometimes have one late at night with a glass of milk. I wasn’t the jelly maker in this ____.My motherinlaw was.The only contribution I made to the jelly making was to ____ baby food jars，which my motherinlaw would ___ with the tasty gel(胶滞体) and send back home with us.For the past 22 years，____ I wanted to make a jelly sandwich，all I had to do was ____ one of those little jars of jelly.Jelly making was just a way of life for my motherinlaw.She always followed the same ____—from picking the fruit to setting the ____ jelly on the homemade shelves. My motherinlaw passed away last December.Among the things in the house to be ____ by her children were the ____ canned goods.Each of her children chose from the many jars of tomato juice，green beans and jelly.When my husband ____ his jars home，we carefully put them away in our kitchen. The other day I reached the kitchen for some jelly，and there it was.Sitting all ____ on the far side of the shelf was a small jar.The lid was rusty.As I picked up the jar，I suddenly realized something that I had ____ to see earlier.Yes，this was the ____ jar we would ever have from the patient，____ hands of my motherinlaw.It seemed like such a ____ thing，and most days it was something that was taken for granted.But today it seemed a valuable ____.I put the jelly back on the shelf. We have many things that ____ belonged to my motherinlaw.These are the kinds of things that we expect to pass on to our children.But I’m just not ____ to give up this last jelly jar，and all the ___ its presence allows me to hold onto.The jar of jelly won’t keep that ____.It will either have to be eaten or thrown out...but not today.
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:A
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:D
小题1: C
解析 根据下文“My motherinlaw was.”以及“Jelly making was just a way of life for my motherinlaw.”可知，作者不是这个家里做果酱的那个人。
小题2: A
解析 根据第三段末句“...we carefully put them away in our kitchen.”可知，作者所做的就是保存这些瓶子。
小题3: B
解析 根据the tasty gel和“...from picking the fruit to setting the ____ jelly on the homemade shelves.”可知，瓶子里装满了好吃的果酱。
小题4: B
解析 每当作者想要做果酱三明治时，所要做的就是去取一瓶果酱。
小题5: D
解析 根据第四段首句“The other day I reached the kitchen for some jelly...”可知答案。作者去取果酱，来做果酱三明治。
小题6: B
解析 根据“...from picking the fruit to setting...”可知，破折号后面说明了做果酱的流程。
小题7: C
解析 根据on the homemade shelves可知，应该是把做好了的果酱放在架子上。
小题8: D
解析 根据上文“My motherinlaw passed away last December.”可知，应该是大家分婆婆留下来的东西。
小题9: A
解析 根据下文“...many jars of tomato juice，green beans and jelly.”可知，所分的东西是这些美味的罐装食品。
小题10: A
解析 根据上文“...which my motherinlaw would ____ with the tasty gel and send back home with us.”可知，作者和婆婆不住在一起，所以可推知丈夫把这些果酱带回家。
小题11: A
解析 根据a small jar可知，架子的末端就剩下这一瓶果酱了。
小题12: D
解析 根据“...and most days it was something that was taken for granted.”可知，作者意识到之前没有意识到的一些事。
小题13:A
解析 根据上文“Sitting all ____ on the far side of the shelf was a small jar.”可知，这是最后一瓶果酱。下文to give up this last jelly jar也有提示。
小题14:C
解析 根据全文可知，作者通过果酱三明治回忆了婆婆的爱心。loving符合语境。
小题15: A
解析 根据下文“...and most days it was something that was taken for granted.”可知，一瓶果酱看起来是一件小事。
小题16: B
解析 与上文“...it was something that was taken for granted.”构成转折关系。且根据下文“But I’m just not ____ to give up this last jelly jar，and all the ____ its presence allows me to hold onto.”可知，对作者来说，这是一件有价值的珍贵的东西。
小题17: C
解析 根据上文“My motherinlaw passed away last December.”可知，作者家有些东西曾经是婆婆的。
小题18: C
解析 根据上文“I put the jelly back on the shelf.”可知，作者不愿意吃掉最后一瓶果酱。
小题19: B
解析 全文通过一瓶果酱表达了对婆婆的思念。由此可知，作者不只是为了保留一瓶果酱，更重要的是果酱给作者带来的回忆。
小题20: D
解析 根据下文“It will either have to be eaten or thrown out...but not today.”可知，这瓶果酱不会保存很长时间。