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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
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 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
6 about life, and I told them about one of my
7 . I said that we
must very often give things up
8 we grow----our youth, our beauty , our friends-but it always _
9 that
after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father
10 up. He
said ,"But, Peter. I gave up
11 ! What did I gain?" 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, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also
14 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的)at someone, I
15
remember his words and become
16 .If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others,
then I should be
17 to give up my small irritations. In this
28 , I learned the power of acceptance
from my father.
Sometimes I
19 what other things I could learn from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a
boy. For now, though, I am gratetful for this one
20 .
( )1. A. However ( )2. A. tired ( )3. A. already ( )4. A. put ( )5. A. impossible ( )6. A. worrying ( )7. A. decisions ( )8. A. before ( )9. A. suggests ( )10. A. summed ( )11. A. something ( )12. A. Surprisingly ( )13. A. gained ( )14. A. warned ( )15. A. would ( )16. A. quiet ( )17. A. able ( )18. A. case ( )19. A. doubt ( )20. A. award |
B. Therefore B. poor B. once B. threw B. stressful B. talking B. beliefs B. since B. promises B. turned B. anything B. Immediately B. accepted B. astonished B. could B. calm B. likely B. way B. guess B. word |
C. Afterwards C. weak C. only C. sent C. difficult C. caring C. ambitions C. as C. requires C. spoke C. everything C. Naturally C. had C. attracted C. shoud C. relaxed C. free C. method C. know C. lesson |
D. Meanwhile D. slow D. still D. took D. hopeless D. asking D. experience D. till D. seems D. opened D. nothing D. Certainly D. enjoyed D. touched D. might D. happy D. ready D. form D. wonder D. gift |