A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a 11 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it 12 from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles(弹珠), 13 everywhere. I tried to use a broom(扫帚), 14 with each sweep, they just rolled across the kitchen.
For the next week, every time I was in the 15 , I found a pea——in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept 16 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and 17__ 12 frozen peas hidden underneath．
At the time I found those few remaining 18 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful __19 I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded 20 those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my 21 had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had scattered(分散). My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble 22 his new surroundings and the 23 of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered.
When life gets you 24 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never 25 , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be 26 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas 27 , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them 28 you’ll start to feel whole again.
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to 29 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, 30 will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
1.A. drink B. fruit C. vegetable D. meat
2.A. moved B. walked C. ran D. slipped
3.A. rubbed B. rolled C. grew D. existed
4.A. but B. and C. although D. so
5.A. bedroom B. living room C. kitchen D. storeroom
6.A. getting up B. turning up C. taking up D. using up
7.A. found B. ate C. left D. planted
8.A. presents B. cans C. vegetables D. peas
9.A. man B. child C. woman D. boy
10.A. of B. for C. with D. in
11.A. wife B. life C. son D. friend
12.A. turning to B. leading to C. adjusting to D. adding to
13.A. thank B. love C. help D. loss
14.A. down B. near C. close D. wide
15.A. get it B. make it C. take it D. leave it
16.A. grew B. bought C. collected D. frozen
17.A. eventually B. fortunately C. properly D. specially
18.A. both B. all C. either D. each
19.A. call on B. put on C. bring on D. move on
20.A. while B. because C. since D. or
Oh, much smoke here! Somebody _______ the window, please.
A. opens B. open C. shall open D. will open
I got to the office earlier that day, _______ the 7:30 train from Paddington.
A. caught B. to have caught
C. to catch D. having caught
——Well, Jane has many advantages, too.
——Oh, yes. _______ others are weak, she is strong.
A. If B. Where C. Though D. When
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A：Frank，it’s almost vacation time．Have you found a summer job yet?
B： 1. But camp job doesn’t pay much．How about you?
A：Well，I think I can get a j ob at the Friendship Hotel．A friend of mine was a waiter there last summer．The pay wasn’t good，but he got a lot of tips．He was happy with it．
B： 2. She enjoyed it．She said a restaurant was a good place for her．
A：3. After sitting in school classes all winter，I'd like a job in open air．
B：You are right．Everybody knows high school kids earn a lot just by cutting grass every summer．My brother is only fifteen，but he gets eight dollars every time he cuts somebody’s grass．It takes him only an hour!
A：4. But now，I think I might work for a building company，or something like that．
B：5.You can learn a 10t．
A：Well，I'd like to have a try．
In the near future，we may be using our eyes to operate our smart-phones and tablets，even when it comes to playing popular games like Fruit Ninja．
The Gaze Group has been developing eye-controlled computer technology for nearly 20 years．But those devices have been firstly designed to help those with disabilities，and are very expensive．
“After a while，we figured out that probably the best way is to go for a mass-market way，” says Gaze’s Sune Alstrup Johansen．“where everybody would have this available．"
Johansen and some of his colleagues have formed a new company，the Eye Tribe，which is hoping to develop the technology on a mass commercial level．
The technology works with the help of the computing device toward the user’s face． After making sure of the user’s eye movements，the technology is then able to easily find where a person’s eyes are moving，and then allow the eyes to control a cursor（光标）．
“Our software can then determine the location of the eyes and know where you’re looking on the screen to make sure what you’re looking at，“reads an explanation on the Eye Tribe site．
There has been a gradual change toward hands-free technology in recent years， particularly in the gaming world．Recently Xbox released the Kinect device，which lets users control their Xbox and play certain games using only their hands，legs and voices． But still，most of these devices have been more of a gimmick than a practical way to use one’s hands to control a mobile device．Johansen said a replaceable filter（滤光器）would be a cheap，convenient way for most consumers．
And even as companies like The Eye Tribe work to create such a product for the average user, making the eye-controlled technology more accessible and less expensive will have similar benefits for physically disabled users.
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1.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
A．An introduction of a new device．
B．An introduction of smart-phones．
C．An introduction of eye-controlling technology．
D．An introduction of a new technology for the disabled．
2.The underlined word“gimmick” probably means .
A．a trick B．a way C．a lie D．a dream
3.According to the passage，we can learn that .
A．the eye-controlling technology was first developed for the blind
B．the present developing 0f the technology will bring no good
C．there is no such a phone as we can use only with our eyes at present
D．the eye-controlling technology is only intended for the disabled people
4.This passage is probably taken from .
A．an experiment report B．a science fiction
C．a school textbook D．a science website
