完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 Learning to accept I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. ____, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was ____ and ill. My father was _____ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness ____ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit in a chair all day. Even talking is _____. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters, we started _____ about life, and I told them about one of my ______. I said that we must always give things up _______ we grow---our youth, our beauty, our friends--- but it always ____ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father _____ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up _____! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. _____, he answered his own question, “ I ______ the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness. I was also _____ by his words. After that, when I began to fell irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I _____ remember his words and become ______. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of live for others, then I should be _____ to give up my small irritations. In this ______, I learned the power of acceptance from my father. Sometimes I ____ what other things I could learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one _____. 21. A. Afterwards B. Therefore C. However D. Meanwhile 22. A. tired B. weak C. poor D. slow 23. A. already B. still C. only D. once 24. A. took B. threw C. sent D. put 25. A. impossible B. difficult C. stressful D. hopeless 26. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking 27. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking 28. A. as B. since C. before D. till 29. A. suggests B. promises C. seems D. requires 30. A. spoke B. turned C. summed D. opened 31. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything 32. A. surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally D. Certainly 33. A. had B. accepted C. gained D. enjoyed 34. A. touched B. astonished C. attracted D. warned 35. A. should B. could C. would D. might 36. A. quiet B. calm C. relaxed D. happy 37. A. ready B. likely C. free D. able 38. A. case B. form C. method D. way 39. A. doubt B. wonder C. know D. guess 40 .A. award B. gift C. lesson D. word |