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.

A．Although B．So C．However D．When

A．tired B．weak C．poor D．slow

A．already B．still C．only D．once

A．took B．threw C．sent D．put

A．any longer B．no longer C．not more D．not longer

A．a day B．all night C．all day D．any day

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

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

A．decisions B．experiences C．instructions D．beliefs

A．anything new B．new anything C．new something D．something new

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

A．To my surprise B．In surprise C．Be surprised D．To his surprise

A．had B．accepted C．got D．enjoyed

A．without B．in C．of D．with

A．surprised B．moved C．excited D．attracted