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Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.  1, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was  2and ill.

My father was  3a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  4all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  5. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started  6about life, and I told them about one of my  7. I said that we must very often give things up  8we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always  9that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  10up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up  11! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.  12, he answered his own question: “I  13the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also  14by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I  15remember his words and become  16. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  17to give up my small irritations. In this  18, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I  19what 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  20.

本文中作者通过和父亲的一次谈话感悟到了什么是生活中的得与失，以及该如何看待得和失，充满人生哲理。

1.A. Afterwards       B. Therefore       C. However       D. Meanwhile

2.A. tired            B. weak            C. poor          D. slow

3.A. already          B. still           C. only          D. once

4.A. took             B. threw           C. sent          D. put

5.A. impossible       B. difficult       C. stressful     D. hopeless

6.A. worrying         B. caring          C. talking       D. asking

7.A. decisions        B. experiences     C. ambitions     D. beliefs

8.A. as               B. since           C. before        D. till

9.A. suggests         B. promises        C. seems         D. requires

10.A. spoke           B. turned          C. summed        D. opened

如：There was a brief silence, then Gerald spoke up.；sum up 总结

11.A. something       B. anything        C. nothing       D. everything

12.A. Surprisingly    B. Immediately     C. Naturally     D. Certainly

13.A. had             B. accepted        C. gained        D. enjoyed

14.A. touched         B. astonished      C. attracted     D. warned

15.A. should          B. could           C. would         D. might

16.A. quiet           B. calm            C. relaxed       D. happy

17.A. ready           B. likely          C. free          D. able

18.A. case            B. form            C. method        D. way

19.A. doubt           B. wonder          C. know          D. guess

20.A. award           B. gift            C. lesson        D. word