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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