Question

Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 21_,he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy,but rather when he was 22  and ill.

My father was 23 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 24 all that away.Now he can no longer walk and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  25 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started 26  about life,and I told them about one of my  27 . I said that we must very often give things up 28 we grow—our youth, our beauty, our friends---but it always 29  that after we give something up,we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  30 up. He said, “But, Peter,I gave up 31 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say.  32 , he answered his own question: “I 33 the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes,along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also  34 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated(恼怒的)at someone, I  35 remember his words and become 36 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  37 to give up my small irritations. In this  38  ,I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I 39 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 40 .

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

2.	A．tired B．weak C．poor D．slowly

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．word

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.D

19.B

20.B

【解析】这篇文章又是一篇感人至深，具有较好教育意义的精品小文。作者以倒叙的形式讲述了发生在他身上的故事。而作者年老多病的父亲却交给了他这样一个道理：他放弃了一切却一无所获，得到的只是家人的爱—不要斤斤计较，要以爱心来对待一切，面对生活，使自己的内心平和。

1.本题考查副词。爸爸教给我这个道理不是在他健康强壮的时候，而是在体弱多病的事后。语气转换。根据however的语法特征也能选中。

2.本题考查形容词。根据全句的逻辑意思和下文的提示（he can no longer walk），选择一个与ill并列意义的词。

3.本题考查副词。爸爸以前是一个健康积极的人。

4.本题考查动词。take away使（感情，感觉等）消失，带走；throw away丢弃某物（因不用或不需要）；send away把…送往另一地方；put away收好。

5.本题考查形容词。由上文爸爸体弱多病和下文他说的话，得知爸爸甚至讲话都困难。Impossible过于绝对，只失去说话能力；hopeful没有指望的，绝望的；stressful产生压力的。

6.本题考查动词。开始交谈，谈论生活，不是笼统地讲担心谁的生活（worry about）,关心谁的生活（care about）,询问谁的生活（ask about）.

7.本题考查名词。我跟他们讲了我的一个信条（我个人相信的事）(belief).由下文可知不是我的一个什么经验(experience);抱负（ambition）或某个决定（decision）

8.本题考查连词。.随着（as)我们长大，我们常常放弃一些东西。

9.本题考查动词。总的看起来是这样的，因为是一个人的看法及一般情况，语气不是特肯定，又不是某个人的建议或要求，故其他三个选项不可取。

10.本题考查动词。speak up（爸爸）突然大声说，说到；turn up拧大，开大；出现；sun up归纳，总结；判断，估量（此前，爸爸并没说话，故不能选）；open up开拓，开辟；开始畅谈，倾吐心事（不是一两句话，更不能突然开始）。

11.本题考查代词。根据上下文及作者爸爸当时的状况，所谓“美好的事”一无所有了；从外表看只是一个体弱多病，非常难过的老年。故give up everything.

12.本题考查副词。爸爸提出一个问题，我以为让我来回答，我正在冥思苦想的时候，他却自己给出了答案，这出乎我的意料。

13.本题考查动词。回答针对上面爸爸提出的那个问题：What did I gain?

14.本题考查动词。我深受启发，所以改变了我以后的为人处事的方法。

15.本题考查情态动词。would 表示习惯性的行为。

16.本题考查形容词。一想到爸爸的话，我的内心就平静下来，控制情绪；而不是保持安静(quiet)，放松（relaxed）或高兴(happy).

17.本题考查形容词。一想到爸爸既然能够用对别人的爱来代替他巨大的疼痛或痛苦这件事，我就必然能够（be able to do）放弃自己的不值一提的易怒情绪。

18.本题考查动词。这样(in this way),我就从爸爸身上学会了宽容的力量（power of acceptable）。Method指解决某个具体问题的科学的，符合逻辑的方法，通常搭配是with this/that …method.

19.本题考查动词。现在我想知道，如果我从小的时候起，就认真地听我爸爸的，我还会学到其他什么东西呢？要注意该句用的是虚拟语气。

20.本题考查动词。即便如此，我也不是特别的遗憾，我很感谢我爸爸送给我的这个礼物（gift）。