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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