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Learning to Accept

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

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

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

Sometimes I ________ 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________ .

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

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. situation       B. form          C. method       D. way

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

20.A. award           B. gift           C. course       D. Word