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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