Unit 3 A healthy life课时作业

Learning about language

第一节.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　Accept life as it is.I learned how to do it 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 couldn't 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 (愤怒的) 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 ．

　　【语篇解读】　这篇短文讲述了作者的父亲因为生病而失去了活动甚至于说话的能力，但是他仍然认为自己获得了家庭的爱，表现了对生活的热爱态度，所以作者把父亲对生活态度对自己的影响作为父亲送给自己的礼物。

　　1. A．However　　 B．Therefore

　　C．Meanwhile D．Afterward

A　[考查副词。however然而；therefore因此；meanwhile 与此同时；afterward 然后。根据"learned how to"和"did not teach me acceptance"可判断出这两句是转