Ilearnedhowtoacceptlifeasitisfrommyfather.

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I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. __41__, he didn't teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was __42 __ and ill.    

      My father was __43__ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness __44__ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is __45__. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started __46__ about life, and I told them about one of my __47__. I said that we must very often give things up __48__we grow---our health, our beauty, our friends---but it always__49__that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father__50__ up. He said, "But, peter, I gave up __51___! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn't think of anything to say. ___52__, he answered his own question," I___53___ the love of my family." I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.    

      I was also__54__ by his words. After that, when I began to feel angry at someone, I __55__remember his words and become __56__. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be __57__ to give up my small anger. In this__58___, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.     

     Sometimes I__59__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 __60__.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

47. A. decisions          B. beliefs              C. strengths        D. experiences

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

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

50. A.  opened       B. turned               C. broken               D. spoke

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

52. A. Naturally              B. Surprisingly         C. Truly                D. Certainly

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

54. A. defended           B. astonished           C. touched              D. warned  

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

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

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

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

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

60. A. award          B. theme                C. gift                 D. word

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