Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 1 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy but rather when he was 2 and ill.
My father was 3 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 4 all that away. Now he can no longer walk and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 5 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters, we started 6 about life, and I told them about one of my 7 . I said that we must always very often give things up 8 we grow—our youth, our beauty, our friends—but it always 9 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 10 up. He said, “But, Petet. I gave up 11 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. 12 , he answered his own question : “I 13 the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also 14 by his words. After that, when I began to fell irritated(憤怒的) at someone, I 15 remember his words and become 16 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 17 to give up my small irritations. In this 18 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I 19 what other things I could learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one 20 .
1. A. Afterwards B. Therefore C. However D. Meanwhile
2. A. tired B. weak C. poor D. slow
3. A. already B. still C. only D. once
4. A. took B. threw C. sent D. put
5. A. impossible B. difficult C. stressful D. hopeless
6. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking
7. A. decisions B. experience C. ambitions D. beliefs
8. A. as B. since C. before D. till
9. A. suggests B. promises C. seems D. requires
10. A. spoke B. turned C. summed D. opened
11. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
12. A. Surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally D. Certainly
13. A. had B. accepted C. gained D. enjoyed
14. A. touched B. astonished C. attracted D. warned
15. A. should B. could C. would D. might
16. A. quiet B. calm C. relaxed D. happy
17. A. ready B. likely C. free D. able
18. A. case B. form C. method D. way
19. A. doubt B. wonder C. know D. guess
20. A. award B. gift C. lesson D. word
(二十一)答案：
1—5 CBDAB 6—10 CDACA 11—15 DACAC 16—20 BDDBB
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 1 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy but rather when he was 2 and ill.
My father was 3 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 4 all that away. Now he can no longer walk and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 5 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters, we started 6 about life, and I told them about one of my 7 . I said that we must always very often give things up 8 we grow—our youth, our beauty, our friends—but it always 9 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 10 up. He said, “But, Petet. I gave up 11 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. 12 , he answered his own question : “I 13 the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also 14 by his words. After that, when I began to fell irritated(憤怒的) at someone, I 15 remember his words and become 16 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 17 to give up my small irritations. In this 18 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I 19 what other things I could learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one 20 .
1. A. Afterwards B. Therefore C. However D. Meanwhile
2. A. tired B. weak C. poor D. slow
3. A. already B. still C. only D. once
4. A. took B. threw C. sent D. put
5. A. impossible B. difficult C. stressful D. hopeless
6. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking
7. A. decisions B. experience C. ambitions D. beliefs
8. A. as B. since C. before D. till
9. A. suggests B. promises C. seems D. requires
10. A. spoke B. turned C. summed D. opened
11. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
12. A. Surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally D. Certainly
13. A. had B. accepted C. gained D. enjoyed
14. A. touched B. astonished C. attracted D. warned
15. A. should B. could C. would D. might
16. A. quiet B. calm C. relaxed D. happy
17. A. ready B. likely C. free D. able
18. A. case B. form C. method D. way
19. A. doubt B. wonder C. know D. guess
20. A. award B. gift C. lesson D. word
(二十一)答案：
1—5 CBDAB 6—10 CDACA 11—15 DACAC 16—20 BDDBB