Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life from my father. 1 , he did not teach me to learn to accept when he was strong and healthy, but 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 5 walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair 6 . Even talking is 7 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started 8 about life, and I told them about one of my 9 . I said that we must very often give things up as we grow —our youth, our beauty, our friends -- but it always seems that after we give something up, we get 10 in its place. Then suddenly my father spoke up. He said, “But Peter, I gave up 11 ! What did I get?” I thought and thought, but I could not 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, 14 hope and thankfulness, I was also 15 by his words.
1. A.Although B.So C.However D.When
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.any longer B.no longer C.not more D.not longer
6. A.a day B.all night C.all day D.any day
7. A.impossible B.difficult C.stressful D.hopeless
8. A.worrying B.caring C.talking D.asking
9. A.decisions B.experiences C.instructions D.beliefs
10. A.anything new B.new anything C.new something D.something new
11. A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything
12. A.To my surprise B.In surprise C.Be surprised D.To his surprise
13. A.had B.accepted C.got D.enjoyed
14. A.without B.in C.of D.with
15. A.surprised B.moved C.excited D.attracted
—I haven’t seen Jack for three days, is he ill?—_______. His mother told me that he was in hospital.
A.I am afraid so B.I hope not C.I don’t expect D.I am afraid not
—Do you have enough men to carry these chairs? —No. I think we need _______ men.
A.another B.other two C.more two D.two more
He told me that the earth ____ around the sun.
A.went B.had gone C.goes D.have gone
It’s about _______walk from here to the bus station.
A.two hours B.two-hours C.two hours’ D.two hour’s
There’re few oranges in the box,_____ ?
A.aren’t they B.aren’t there C.are they D.are there