Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life from my father.
1 , he did not teach me to learn to accept when he was strong and healthy, but 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
5 walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair
6 . Even talking is
7 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started
8 about life, and I told them about one of my
9 . I said that we must very often give things up as we grow —our youth, our beauty, our friends -- but it always seems that after we give something up, we get
10 in its place. Then suddenly my father spoke up. He said, “But Peter, I gave up
11 ! What did I get?” 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,
14 hope and thankfulness, I was also
15 by his words.
小题1: | A.Although | B.So | C.However | D.When |
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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5: | A.any longer | B.no longer | C.not more | D.not longer |
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小题6: | A.a day | B.all night | C.all day | D.any day |
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小题7: | A.impossible | B.difficult | C.stressful | D.hopeless |
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小题8: | A.worrying | B.caring | C.talking | D.asking |
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小题9: | A.decisions | B.experiences | C.instructions | D.beliefs |
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小题10: | A.anything new | B.new anything | C.new something | D.something new |
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小题11: | A.something | B.anything | C.nothing | D.everything |
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小题12: | A.To my surprise | B.In surprise | C.Be surprised | D.To his surprise |
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小题13: | A.had | B.accepted | C.got | D.enjoyed |
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小题15: | A.surprised | B.moved | C.excited | D.attracted |
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