题目内容：

Life is colorful. Sometimes it’s just like potato salad; when it's shared it becomes a picnic.

With three young children, my husband John and I were very_________. “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky ________. “Please.” I had said no so many times in_________months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores could_________. To her________, I agreed.

I prepared a few sandwiches and________a cooler with ice and drinks and called John__________. My eleven-year-old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some______  time together as a family.

About the time I got the lunch_____________out on the table, John arrived on the_________.That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with__________. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school responsibilities for so many months. John and the boys _________rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table,__________God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and _________ what a wonderful life I had. As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest_________could become a picnic when it's shared with the ones you__________. Even though the kids have now grown up and_________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_________potato salad, call all of my ________ kids, feed some hungry ducks and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let's make it a__________.

1.A. patient    B. old    C. poor    D. busy

2.A. doubted    B. asked    C. begged    D. wondered

3.A. recent    B. coming    C. late    D. following

4.A. approach    B. last    C. wait    D. relax

5.A. disappointment    B. surprise    C. sadness    D. embarrassment

6.A. filled    B. supplied    C. provided    D. compared

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

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

9.A. cooked    B. taken    C. made    D. spread

10.A. sight    B. view    C. scene    D. scenery

11.A. communication    B. laughter    C. hope    D. expectation

12.A. missed    B. took    C. skipped    D. left

13.A. thanking    B. praising    C. praying    D. trusting

14.A. admitted    B. expected    C. realized    D. imagined

15.A. time    B. lifestyle    C. world    D. occupation

16.A. enjoy    B. own    C. love    D. have

17.A. left alone    B. left behind    C. ran away    D. moved away

18.A. cook    B. appreciate    C. watch    D. plant

19.A. young    B. little    C. grown    D. handsome

20.A. salad    B. life    C. picnic    D. purpose