Ilearnedhowtoacceptlifeasitisfrommyfather. 1 ,hedi...

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I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 1 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and 2 , but rather when he was weak and ill.

My father was 3 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible disease 4 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 5 . On night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started talking about 6 , and I told them about one of my 7 . I said that we must very often give things up 8 we grow—our youth, our beauty, our friends—but it always 9 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 10 up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up 11 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. 12 , he answered his own question: “ I 13 the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also 14 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated（憤怒的）at someone, I 15 remember his words and become 16 . If he could replace his great pain a feeling of love for others, 17 I should be able to give up my small irritations. In this 18 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I 19 what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more 20 when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one gift.

1. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Eventually

2. A. happy B. healthy C. wealthy D. lonely

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

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

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

6. A. people B. jobs C. life D. religion

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

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

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

10．A．spoke B．turned C．summed D．opened

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

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