Question

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后所給各題的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項

Learning to Accept

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

My father was  3  a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  4  all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is    5 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started  6   about life, 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 with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  17  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 carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one  20 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. A. award          B. gift           C. lesson         D. class

Answer 1

1-5 CBDAB  6-10 CDACA  11-15 DACAC   16-20 BDDBB