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 小题1: . “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky 小题2: . “Please.” I had said no so many times in 小题3: months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could 小题4: . To her 小题5: I agreed. I prepared a few sandwiches and 小题6: a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy 小题7: . My eleven-year-old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some 小题8: time together as a family. About the time I got the lunch 小题9: out on the table, Roy arrived on the 小题10: . That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with 小题11: . We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school related responsibilities for so many months. Roy and the boys 小题12: rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly at the picnic table, 小题13: God for blessing me with such a wonderful family. That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and 小题14: what a wonderful life I had. As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest 小题15: could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you 小题16: . Even though the kids have now grown up and 小题17: 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 小题18: potato salad, call all of my 小题19: kids, feed some hungry ducks and skip a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a 小题20: .
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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:D
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:C
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小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:D
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:C
题目分析：作者通过对全家人野餐时的幸福生活的描述可以得知，感到家庭的幸福，意识到自己的生活是多么好，得出结论爱是他们幸福的原因。
小题1:考查形容词：后文中it dawned on me that even the busiest… couldbecome a picnic，busiest是判断依据。选C。
小题2:考查动词：由I had said no so many times和Please可以判断出孩子的心情是比较渴望外出野餐的，所以孩子央求母亲。选A。
小题3:考查形容词：后文中We felt a closeness that had beenhidden by work and school… for manymonths.清楚地表明全家人进来好久没有一同欢乐过了。选B。
小题4:考查动词：A. last持续B. wait等待C. relax放松D. approach靠近，我决定星期六早上的日常工作可以等等，选B。
小题5:考查名词：A. disappointment失望B. sadness悲伤C. embarrassment尴尬D. surprise惊讶，I agreed和前文的I had said no so manytimes形成了强烈的对比，所以此处应该是令她感到意外。
选D。
小题6:考查动词：A. supplied供应B. provided提供C. compared比较D. filled填满，cooler是一种容器。根据后文的ice anddrinks可以看出是要把ice and drinks装到cooler当中。选D。
小题7:后文中的信息暗示了Roy在工作，所以妻子给他打电话通知他野餐的事情。后文Wefelt a closeness that had been hidden bywork中的work也是具体依据。选C。
小题8:B。这里的some qualitytime指的是有品位的时光。和前文my husband Roy and I were verybusy.相互对应。
小题9:考查动词：由lunch和table可以判断：此处是要将午餐的食物铺在桌子上。选A。
小题10:考查名词：arrived说明到达了他们野餐的地点，用scene最为恰当。选A。
小题11:考查名词：A. communication交流B. expectation期望C. hope希望D. laughter笑声，
从happiest meals可以推出laughter。选D。
小题12:文章最后处throw a few rocks into thelake暗示答案应该与throw同义，skip“打水漂”。 选C。
小题13:考查动词：a wonderfulfamily说明我此时感到家庭的幸福，所以要感谢上帝。选C。
小题14:考查动词：根据前后语境和I kissed theircheeks可以看出是意识到自己的生活是多么好。选B。
小题15:考查名词：从文章的开头句Life is like potato salad;when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.可以推出选A。
小题16:考查名词：通过前文对全家人野餐时的幸福生活的描述可以得知，爱是他们幸福的原因。选D。
小题17:考查词组：A. left alone别管B. left behind落后C. ran away逃跑D. moved away搬走，
grownup和home能判断出孩子们长大后离开了家。选D。
小题18:考查动词：A. appreciate欣赏B. cook烹饪C. watch观看D. plant种植，这里用cook和potatosalad搭配符合前文的内容。选B。
小题19:考查形容词：A. grown长大的B. little小的C. young 年轻的D. handsome英俊的，前文Even though the kids have now grown up and 小题17: from home,中有具体依据。选A。
小题20:考查名词：A. salad沙拉B. life生活C. picnic野餐D. purpose目的，C。和文章首句呼应 。
点评：作者通过对全家人野餐时的幸福生活的描述可以得知，感到家庭的幸福，意识到自己的生活是多么好，得出结论爱是他们幸福的原因。集中考查了考生的归纳整理能力，要求能抓住段落中的中心句和关键词准确的把握段落大意。这类完型填空要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。通过上下文信息考查考生的综合运用英语的能力，渗透了智力水平和综合素质的要求，建议以后的学习中，注重语篇的学习，培养自己驾驭语篇的能力，培养自己根据语篇综合运用英语的能力。