Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 1 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was
strong and healthy, but rather when he was 2 and ill.
My father was 3 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 4 all that away. Now
he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 5 . One night. I went to
visit him with my sisters. We started 6 about life, and I told them about one of my 7 . I said that we
must very often give things up 8 , we grow－our youth, our beauty, our friends－but it always 9 that
after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 10 up. He said,
"But, Peter, I gave up 11 ! What did I gain?" I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say,
12 , he answered his own question:"I 13 the love of my family." I looked at my sisters and saw tears in
their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also 14 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (恼怒的) at someone, I 15
remember his words and become 16 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others,
then I should be 17 to give up my small irritations. In this 18 . I learned the power of acceptance from
my father.
Sometimes I 19 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 20 . |
( )1.A. Afterwards
( )2.A. tired
( )3.A. already
( )4.A. took
( )5.A. impossible
( )6.A. worrying
( )7.A. decisions
( )8.A. as
( )9.A. suggests
( )10.A. spoke
( )11.A. something
( )12.A. Surprisingly
( )13.A. had
( )14.A. touched
( )15.A. should
( )16.A. quiet
( )17.A. ready
( )18.A. case
( )19.A. doubt
( )20.A. award | B. Therefore
B. weak
B. still
B. threw
B. difficult
B. caring
B. experiences
B. since
B. promises
B. turned
B. anything
B. Immediately
B. accepted
B. astonished
B. could
B. calm
B. likely
B. form
B. wonder
B. gift | C. However
C. poor
C. only
C. sent
C. stressful
C. talking
C. ambitions
C. before
C. seems
C. summed
C. nothing
C. Naturally
C. gained
C. attracted
C. would
C. relaxed
C. free
C. method
C. know
C. lesson | D. Meanwhile
D. slow
D. once
D. put
D. hopeless
D. asking
D. beliefs
D. till
D. requires
D. opened
D. everything
D. Certainly
D. enjoyed
D. warned
D. might
D. happy
D. able
D. way
D. guess
D. word |
答案
| 1-5: CBDAB 6-10: CDACA 11-15: DACAC 16-20: BDDBB |
举一反三
| 阅读理解诶。 | A lot of us lose life"s tough battles by starting a frontal (正面的) attack-when a touch of humor might well
enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly
after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for
Sam"s being late-serious illness at home-he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn"t work any longer.
His supervisor was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.
Yet, Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room (更衣室); everyone was hard
at work. Sam"s supervisor came up to him. Suddenly, Sam forced a grin and stretched out his hand. "How do
you do!" he said. "I"m Sam Maynard. I"m applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35
minutes ago. Does the early bird get the worm?"
The room exploded in laughter. The supervisor clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Sam
Maynard had saved his job-with the only tool that could win, a laugh.
Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected, means of handling the difficult situations in our lives.
It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying "no", criticizing, getting the other fellow to do
what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it"s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss
subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians on
television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance than people in any other forum. | | 1. Why was Sam late for his job? | A. Because he was ill.
B. Because he got up late.
C. Because he was caught in a traffic jam.
D. He was busy applying for a new job. | | 2. The main idea of this passage is _____. | A. Sam Maynard saved his job with humor
B. humor is important in our lives
C. early bird gets the worm
D. humor can solve racial discriminations | | 3. The phrase "clamped off" in Paragraph 3 means _____. | A. tried to hold back
B. tried to set
C. charged
D. gave out | | 4. Which of the following statements can we infer from the passage? | A. Many lose life"s battles for they are lacking in a sense of humor.
B. It wasn"t the first time that Sam came late for his work.
C. Sam was supposed to come to his office at 8:30.
D. Humor is the most effective way of solving problems. | | 完型填空。 | A woman I know stood on the bathroom scales (浴室磅秤) after two weeks of diet and hard exercise
around the park. The needle was 1 , stuck on the number where she had started. This struck her as 2
of how things had been going lately. She was destined (注定) never to be happy.
As she dressed, feeling her tight jeans, she 3 a ten-pound note in her pocket. Then her sister phoned
with a 4 story. When she hurried out to the car-annoyed that she had to get petrol-she discovered her flat
mate had already 5 the tank for her. And this was a woman who thought she"d 6 be happy.
Every day, it seems, we"re 7 with advice about happiness. The cruel message is that there"s something
we" re supposed to do to be 8 (make the right choices, or have the right set of beliefs about ourselves.)
Coupled with this is the 9 that happiness is a permanent condition. If we are not joyful all the time, we
10 there"s a problem.
Yet what most people 11 is not a permanent state of happiness. It is something more ordinary, a 12 of
what the American writer Hugh Prather once called "unsettled problem, ambiguous 13 and vague (不明确的)
defeats with few moments of clear peace."
Maybe you wouldn"t say yesterday was a happy day, 14 , you had a quarrel with your boss. But weren"t
there moments of happiness, moments of 15 ? Now that you think about it. 16 , there a letter from an old
friend, or a stranger who asked where you got such a good haircut? You remember having a bad day, yet
those good moments 17 .
So in my opinion, happiness is an 18 , not a condition. It"s spending a pleasant hour organizing your closet.
It is your family assembled at dinner. It"s in the present not in the 19 promise of a "someday when…". How
luckier we are and how much more happiness we experience-if we can fall in love with the life we are 20 . | ( )1.A. already
( )2.A. difficult
( )3.A. wasted
( )4.A. funny
( )5.A. moved
( )6.A. often
( )7.A. flooded
( )8.A. worried
( )9.A. question
( )10.A. wish
( )11.A. care
( )12.A. mixture
( )13.A. memory
( )14.A. so
( )15.A. silence
( )16.A. wasn"t
( )17.A. disappeared
( )18.A. attitude
( )19.A. near
( )20.A. living | B. still
B. usual
B. found
B. sad
B. broke
B. never
B. troubled
B. successful
B. condition
B. conclude
B. do
B. puzzle
B. stories
B. because
B. waste
B. was
B. worked
B. attitude
B. possible
B. making | C. never
C. typical
C. picked
C. simple
C. covered
C. always
C. covered
C. happy
C. choice
C. approve
C. ask
C. belief
C. victories
C. since
C. spirit
C. isn"t
C. occurred
C. ache
C. distant
C. doing | D. often
D. hard
D. got
D. dull
D. filled
D. seldom
D. satisfied
D. angry
D. thought
D. agree
D. experience
D. time
D. life
D. but
D. peace
D. is
D. changed
D. attempt
D. difficult
D. talking | | 阅读理解。 | One day not too long ago the employees of a large company in St. Louis, Missouri returned from their
lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said:"Yesterday he person who has
been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to attend the funeral in the room
that has been prepared in the gym."
At first everyone was sorry to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while hey started
getting curious about who this person might be. The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym
to pay their last respects. Everyone wondered:"Who is this person that was hindering my progress? Well,
at least he"s no longer here!"
One by one the employees got closer to the coffin and when they looked inside it they suddenly became
speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part
of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There
was also a sign next to the mirror that said:"There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your
growth:it is you." You are the only person who can revolutionize your life. You are the only person who can
influence your happiness, your realization and your success.
You are the only person who can help yourself. Your life does not change when your boss changes,
when your friends change, when your parents change,when your partner changes, when your company
changes. Your life changes when you change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize
that you are the only one responsible for your life. | | 1. The underlined word"funeral" in the first paragraph means _____. | A. an occasion when one admires himself in a mirror
B. a chimney from where smelly smoke comes out
C. a ceremony for burying or burning a dead person
D. an exhibition displaying varieties of treasures | | 2. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? | A. Last Respects
B. Beyond Your Belief
C. A Strange Company
D. A Road to Success | | 3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? | A. The employees were shocked when they saw the dead person.
B. It is you yourself that can actually change your life.
C. In the mirror you can find how small you are in the world.
D. You can achieve your goal if you set limits to your growth. | | 4. It seems that the company is _____. | A. encouraging the employees to show respects to the dead
B. providing good working conditions for its employees
C. suffering a heavy loss due to its staff member"s death
D. trying to make its employees aware of their own potential | 阅读理解。
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空
格1个单词。 | People say teenagers are no good. They make too much noise in shopping malls; they drive recklessly up
and down America"s main streets; they carry chips on their shoulders as big as the Sears Tower. And at least
some of the time those things are true. But we shouldn"t forget that there are hard moments in the life of a
teenager too.
I watched such a moment not long ago at a woman"s funeral (葬礼). I didn"t expect the event to affect me.
Through much of the ceremony, in fact, I remained unmoved.
Then her teenage grandson stepped forward. With his very first deep breath, every heart in that church
was achingly reminded of something we had all forgotten. Softly he began:"I want to share a few values that
Nana taught me. She never failed to see light in any situation. When our family dog would literally attract her,
what would Nana say? "Oh, what beautiful markings that dog has." That was Nana.
"She was a strong woman who often lived in the shadow of my grandpa, who was a successful
businessman in this city. But she was the one behind the scenes who provided the strength and support for
Grandpa"s career," he said, with a voice now trembling."That was Nana"s way."
Through a muffled sob, he continued. "Whenever she did anything worth recognition, you"d have to hear
about it from a different source, because she was never one to brag."
Finally, in a voice breaking free of sorrow, he looked up and said, "Nana taught me courage. She put up
an incredible fight to the end, when she died peacefully, which is how she lived her life. That was Nana"s
way, and I hope I can carry on in the same manner."
There are no hearts as sensitive as those of teenagers, because everything is happening to them for the
first time. The trouble with teenagers is that they haven"t learned to be controlled.
When that boy rose to speak about the woman who surely had been his truest ally and dearest friend, his
honest voice dragged each of us out into the open where we could no longer hide in the calm ritual. He
exposed us to the truth about this very real woman who believed in a boy who probably tried the patience of
many adults. He reminded us that his grandmother was more than another dot on the chart of life and death.
All over again we felt those powerful losses crisscrossing our own hearts, and we knew that when you
say good-bye to a beloved grandparent, you say good-bye to something happy, something young in yourself.
And that something never really returns, and the pain never really goes away. |  | | 阅读理解。 | Paula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title (冠军), says she has
become a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.
Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August,
said:"Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care about criticism (批评)."
"In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to
the people around me."
She didn"t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe
should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.
"Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn"t spoken to me since last year and if she
really cared for me, I"m sure she would have contacted (联系) me."
Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.
"In New York I wasn"t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the
race."
Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday"s race would be winning a third title and
not chasing world records.
However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her "final" world
record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career
to produce only four or five world-class times.
"I don"t think that-although I can"t put a number on it," said Radcliffe. "That changes
from person to person."
Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance some point in the
future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the
31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again
12 months later.
Radcliffe clocked a time 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometre race three years ago.
Afterwards she set a "mixed course" mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before
lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event. | | 1. Radcliffe"s failure in Athens made her _____. | A. develop respect for Liz
B. love people around her more
C. rest for five months
D. face criticism bravely | | 2. Which of the following is true according to the passage? | A. Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon.
B. Radcliffe didn"t fully recover before the New York City marathon.
C. Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the 2004 Athens Games.
D. Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon. | | 3. By saythg "I can"t put a number on it," Radcliffe means she"s not sure _____. | A. if she has the ability to set a new world record
B. if she can win another race though she has won many tunes
C. how many times a maradion runner can set the world record
D. if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times | | 4. According to the text, Radcliffe has won _____ London marathon title(s). | A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four | | 5. What can we learn from Radcliffe"s story? | A. Practice makes perfect.
B. Well begun is half done.
C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
D. Where there is a will, there is a way. | 最新试题
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