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I learned how to accept life as it is from my father . However , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy , but rather when he was weak and 1_____ .
My father 2 _____a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 3_____ all that away . Now he can no longer 4_____, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is difficult. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started 5 _____about life , and I told them about one of my beliefs. I said that we must very often give things up 6____ we grow-our youth, our beauty, our friends-but it always 7____ that after we give something up, we get something new in its place . Then suddenly my father said ,“But, Peter, I 8_____ everything ! What did I get?” I thought and thought , but I couldn’t think of anything to say. Surprisingly , he answered his own question: “I 9______ the love of my family.” I looked at my 10______ and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also touched by his 11 _____ . After that, when I began to feel annoyed with someone, I 12______ remember his words and become calm . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others , then I should be 13 _____ to give up my small annoyance. In this way, I learned the power of acceptance from my 14_____.
Sometimes I wonder 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 15______ for this one gift.
( ) 1. A. tired B. ill C. poor
( ) 2. A. used to be B. is used to being C. used to being
( ) 3. A. took B. threw C. sent
( ) 4. A. dance B. walk C. jump
( ) 5. A. worrying B. caring C. talking
( ) 6. A. as B. since C. before
( ) 7. A. says B. lives C. seems
( ) 8. A. gave away B. gave up C. gave in
( ) 9.A. had B. found C. got
( )10.A. sisters B. brothers C. children
( )11.A. ideas B. words C. attitudes
( )12.A. should B. would C .could
( )13.A .able B. free C. ready
( )14.A. sister B. mother C. father
( )15.A.careful B. thankful C. helpful
1B 2A 3A 4B 5C 6A 7C 8B 9C 10A 11B 12B 13A 14C 15B