Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.
21_,he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy,but rather when he was
22 and ill.
My father was
23 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness
24 all that away.Now he can no longer walk and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is
25 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started
26 about life,and I told them about one of my
27 . I said that we must very often give things up
28 we grow—our youth, our beauty, our friends---but it always
29 that after we give something up,we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father
30 up. He said, “But, Peter,I gave up
31 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say.
32 , he answered his own question: “I
33 the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes,along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also
34 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated(恼怒的)at someone, I
35 remember his words and become
36 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be
37 to give up my small irritations. In this
38 ,I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I
39 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 one
40 .
| 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．slowly |
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| 小题3: | | A．already | B．still | C．only | D．once |
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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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