Question

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

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 .

A. Afterwards      B. Therefore   C. However    D. Meanwhile

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. impossible      B. difficult     C. stressful     D. Hopeless

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

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

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

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

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

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

A. Surprisingly  B. ImmediatelyC. Naturally   D. Certainly

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

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

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

A. quiet         B. calm       C. Relaxed      D. happy

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

A. case           B. form       C. method      D. way

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

A. award        B. gift         C. lesson       D. word

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】B

【小題3】D

【小題4】A

【小題5】B

【小題6】C

【小題7】D

【小題8】A

【小題9】C

【小題10】A

【小題11】D

【小題12】A

【小題13】C

【小題14】A

【小題15】C

【小題16】B

【小題17】D

【小題18】B

【小題19】D

【小題20】B

解析:

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