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.
A.market B.village C.family D.group
A.save B.throw C.choose D.paint
A.cover B.fill C.provide D.decorate
A.before B.whenever C.though D.since
A.turn on B.take up C.pick out D.reach for
A.example B.routine C.passion D.rule
A.mixed B.changed C.finished D.boiled
A.destroyed B.moved C.donated D.divided
A.tasty B.expensive C.common D.suitable
A.brought B.packed C.sent D.left
A.alone B.patiently C.worriedly D.along
A.forgotten B.expressed C.considered D.failed
A.last B.particular C.delicious D.large
A.poor B.painful C.loving D.shaking
A.small B.new C.strange D.good
A.experience B.treasure C.opportunity D.prize
A.already B.only C.once D.still
A.afraid B.eager C.ready D.upset
A.lessons B.memories C.efforts D.feelings
A.safe B.light C.soft D.long