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. 小题1: A．Although B．So C．However D．When 小题2: A．tired B．weak C．poor D．slow 小题3: A．already B．still C．only D．once 小题4: A．took B．threw C．sent D．put 小题5: A．any longer B．no longer C．not more D．not longer 小题6: A．a day B．all night C．all day D．any day 小题7: A．impossible B．difficult C．stressful D．hopeless 小题8: A．worrying B．caring C．talking D．asking 小题9: A．decisions B．experiences C．instructions D．beliefs 小题10: A．anything new B．new anything C．new something D．something new 小题11: A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything 小题12: A．To my surprise B．In surprise C．Be surprised D．To his surprise 小题13: A．had B．accepted C．got D．enjoyed 小题14: A．without B．in C．of D．with 小题15: A．surprised B．moved C．excited D．attracted