Acceptlifeasitis.Ilearnedhowtodoitfrommyfather.  41  ,h...

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Accept life as it is. I learned how to do it from my father.   41   , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was   42   and ill.

My father was   43   a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness   44   all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is   45  . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started   46   about life, and I told them about one of my   47  . I said that we must very often give things up   48   we grow — our youth, our beauty, our friends — but it always   49   that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father   50   up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up   51  ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.   52  , he answered his own question: “I   53   the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also   54   by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (憤怒的) at someone, I   55   remember his words and become   56  . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be   57   to give up my small irritations. In this   58  , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I   59   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   60  for this one word.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

58. A. way                  B. place                C. case                        D. form

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

60. A. useful                B. grateful             C. shameful                 D. ashamed

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ACBDA    BCBDA  CBDCA       CDAAD

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