"Paulmusthavebeentryingtocarryhiswastepapertogarbagecananddroppedafewpieces."I(41)___pickingthemup.(42)___laterIfoundmorepieces.Noquietsighingthistime.I(43)___,"Whoisthrowinggarbage
"Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces."I (41)___picking them up.(42)___later I found more pieces.No quiet sighing this time.I(43)___,"Who is throwing garbage?"No answer.Instead,I saw more bits of paper silently floating(44)___from upstairs.Looking up,I saw my seven-year-old son,Paul.
"Stop making a mess.""It's not a mess.They're(45)___.""Sorry,what did you say?"I hadn't heard him clearly.
He didn't answer me.Paul has autism (自闭症) and(46)___answers a question,especially when he's(47)___attentively on something else.He ran down the stairs."Where are my other butterflies?"he asked,(48)___around.Every time Paul(49)___five or more words together,my heart says a(50)___of thanks.But lately he seems to(51)___that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are(52)___of the effort.
Butterflies,Of course.I rushed to(53)___them from the garbage,(54)___them off and handed them to my young artist."Want to see them(55)___again?"he asked with a shy smile."Oh yes!They're beautiful."I whispered.He ran back upstairs to float his(56)___down again.They really did look like beautiful butterflies.
That day Paul(57)___me to look up at (58)___instead of down at garbage.How many other masterpieces (杰作) do I miss because I'm too caught up in my(59)___to take time to appreciate what's right in front of me?Life is not what happens to us.It's(60)___we look at it.Now,I look up.
41.A.laughedB.sighedC.amazedD.shouted42.A.DaysB.YearsC.MomentsD.Weeks43.A.called outB.turned upC.got inD.added to44.A.upB.downC.awayD.off45.A.planesB.papersC.leavesD.bu