Learning to AcceptI learned how to accept life from my father. 1 , he did not teach me to

Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life from my father.  1 , he did not teach me to learn to accept when he was strong and healthy, but 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   5  walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair 6 . Even talking is  7 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started   8  about life, and I told them about one of my  9 . I said that we must very often give things up as we grow —our youth, our beauty, our friends -- but it always seems that after we give something up, we get  10  in its place. Then suddenly my father spoke up. He said, “But Peter, I gave up   11 ! What did I get?” 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,  14 hope and thankfulness, I was also  15  by his words.
【小题1】A．AlthoughB．SoC．HoweverD．When【小题2】A．tiredB．weakC．poorD．slow【小题3】A．alreadyB．stillC．onlyD．once【小题4】A．tookB．threwC．sentD．put【小题5】A．any longerB．no longerC．not moreD．not longer【小题6】A．a dayB．all nightC．all dayD．any day【小题7】A．impossibleB．difficultC．stressfulD．hopeless【小题8】A．worryingB．caringC．talkingD．asking【小题9】A．decisionsB．experiencesC．instructionsD．beliefs【小题10】A．anything newB．new anythingC．new somethingD．something new【小题11】A．somethingB．anythingC．nothingD．everything【小题12】A．To my surpriseB．In surpriseC．Be surprisedD．To his surprise【小题13】A．hadB．acceptedC．gotD．enjoyed【小题14】A．withoutB．inC．ofD．with【小题15】A．surprisedB．movedC．excitedD．attractedC