Question

第二节.完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

      阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

      

Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.  16 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was  17  and ill.

My father was  18  a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  19  all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  20 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started  21  about life, and I told them about one of my 22_ . I said that we must very often give things up  23  we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always  24  that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  25  up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up 26 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.  27 , he answered his own question: “I  28  the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also  29  by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I  30  remember his words and become 31 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  32  to give up my small irritations. In this 33 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I  34  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  35 .

16. A. Afterwards   B. Therefore   C. However    D. Meanwhile

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

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

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

20. A. impossible   B. difficult     C. stressful     D. Hopeless

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. A. quiet    B. calm   C. Relaxed      D. happy

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

16—20 CBDAB   21—25 CDACA   26—30 DACAC    31—35BDDBB