I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.__36____ , he didn't teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was__37___ and ill.
My father was_38__a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness__39__all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is___40___. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started__41____ about life, and I told them about one of my__42_____. I said that we must very often give things up__43____we grow---our health, our beauty, our friends---but it always__44_____that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father__45____up. He said, "But, Peter, I gave up__46_____! What did I gain?" I thought and thought ,but I couldn't think of anything to say.__47____ ,he answered his own question,"I__48____the love of my family." I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also__49____by his words. After that, when I began to feel angry at someone, I__50____ remember his words and become___51____. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be__52__to give up my small anger. In this__53__ , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I__54__what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this__55____.
| 小题1: | | A．Afterwards | B． Therefore | C． However | D．Meanwhile |
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| 小题2: | | A．tired | B． weak | C． poor | D． slow |
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| 小题3: | | A．already | B． still | C． only | D．once |
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| 小题4: | | A．took | B． threw | C． sent | D． put |
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| 小题5: | | A．impossible | B． difficult | C． stressful | D．hopeless |
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| 小题6: | | A．worrying | B． caring | C． talking | D． asking |
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| 小题7: | | A．decisions | B． experiences | C． ambitions | D． beliefs |
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| 小题8: | | A．as | B． since | C． before | D． till |
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| 小题9: | | A．suggests | B． promises | C． seems | D． requires |
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| 小题10: | | A．spoke | B． turned | C． summed | D． opened |
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| 小题11: | | A．something | B．anything | C． nothing | D． everything |
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| 小题12: | | A．Surprisingly | B． Immediately | C． Naturally | D．Certainly |
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| 小题13: | | A．had | B． accepted | C． gained | D． enjoyed |
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| 小题14: | | A．touched | B． astonished | C． attracted | D． warned |
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| 小题15: | | A．should | B． could | C． would | D． might |
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| 小题16: | | A．quiet | B． calm | C． relaxed | D． happy |
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| 小题17: | | A．ready | B． likely | C． free | D． able |
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| 小题18: | | A．case | B． form | C． method | D． way |
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| 小题19: | | A．doubt | B． wonder | C． know | D． guess |
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| 小题20: | | A．award | B． gift | C．lesson | D．word |
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