Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.  36 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was  37  and ill.

My father was  38  a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  39  all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  40 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started  41  about life, and I told them about one of my  42 . I said that we must very often give things up  43  we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always  44  that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  45  up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up  46 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.  47 , he answered his own question: “I  48  the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also  49  by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (憤怒的) at someone, I  50  remember his words and become  51 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  52  to give up my small irritations. In this  53 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I  54  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  55 .

         the mountain climbers conquered Mount Qomolangma in the end. 

       A．As the difficulty was great      B．Great as the difficulty was

       C．Great difficulty as it was         D．The difficulty was great

My father came to see me from Kunming,           me a full bag of fresh fruits. 

       A．brought               B．bringing               C．to bring               D．had brought

―Have you ever heard that Beijing policemen will be required to learn English for the 2008 Olympic Games ?

―Yeah , I         about it in The Beijing Morning Post .        

       A．read                   B．had read             C．would read         D．will read

― Can you tell me how to get to the nearest bank?

― Go straight ahead, I think, ____ you will find a supermarket． The bank is just on the opposite．  

              A．until  B．a(chǎn)nd    C．then  D．a(chǎn)fter

          two exams to worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend. 

       A．With  B．Besides     C．As for      D．Because of

―I’d like to invite you to dinner this Sunday, Mr. White.

― _________

    A．Oh, no. I have something important to do

  .B．That’ll be too hard to say

   C．I’m very sorry, but I have other plans

   D．I’d rather eat at home

They suggested that the professor _______just now ___________chairman of the meeting. 

       A．referring to; was made      B．referring to; be made

       C．referred to; be made         D．referred to; was made

_____ to give up smoking, he threw away his _______ cigarettes.  

   A. Determining ; remained     B. Determining ; remaining

   C. Determined ; remained      D. Determined ; remaining

--What do you think of Li Yuchun's English songs?     

--Very attractive and lively. Almost no other Super Girls can sing ______ at present, I think.

A. best        B. well             C. better            D. the best