【7年高考5年模拟】完型填空——夹叙夹议类
第一部分 七年高考题荟萃  2006年高考题

Passage 1 (06·北京) 完形填空

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 (愤怒的) 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__ .

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

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

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

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

40. A. impossible B. difficult C. stressful D. Hopeless

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

答案  36.C  37.B  38.D  39.A  40.B  41.C  42.D  43.A  44.C  45.A  46.D  47.A  48.C  49.A  50.C  51.B  52.D  53.D  54.B  55.B