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 angry at someone, I  _____remember his words and become  _____ . If he could _____  his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be _______ to give up my small anger. 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 ashamed(惭愧的) for this one word.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17.A. remove    B. combine    C. share    D. replace

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

19.A. way    B. place    C. case    D. time

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