题目内容：

Accept life as it is.I learned how to do it 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. Therefore     B. However     C. Meanwhile     D. Aferwards

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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