Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.  36  , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was  37  and ill.

My father was  38   a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  39   all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  40  . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started  41   about life, and I told them about one of my  42  . I said that we must very often give things up  43   we grow-our youth, our beauty, our friends-but it always  44  that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  45   up. He said, ^But, Peter, I gave up  46  ! What did I gain?  ̄  I thought and thought, but I couldn¨t think of anything to say.  47  , he answered his own question: ^I  48   the love of my family, ̄ I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also  49   by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated(鯨鏑議)at someone, I  50   remember his words and become  51  . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  52   to give up my small irritations. In this  53  , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I  54   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  55 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

49. touched             B. astonished         C. attracted          D. warned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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