Question

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閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A、B、C和D) 中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Accept life as it is. I learned how to do it 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 quietly 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 very often 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 couldn’t 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 feel irritated (憤怒的) at someone, I ________ remember his words and become ________ . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love 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 have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am ________ for this one word.

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

2.A. poor B. slow C. weak D. tired

3.A. already B. once C. still D. only

4.A. sent B. threw C. put D. took

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

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

7.A. experiences B. decisions C. beliefs D. ambitions

8.A. till B. as C. before D. since

9.A. promises B. suggests C. requires D. seems

10.A. spoke B. opened C. summed D. turned

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

12.A. Immediately B. Surprisingly C. Naturally D. Certainly

13.A. accepted B. had C. enjoyed D. gained

14.A. attracted B. warned C. touched D. astonished

15.A. would B. should C. could D. might

16.A. quiet B. relaxed C. calm D. happy

17.A. likely B. free C. ready D. able

18.A. way B. place C. case D. form

19.A. wonder B. doubt C. guess D. know

20.A. useful B. grateful C. shameful D. ashamed

Answer 1