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

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

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

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

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

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

50. A. family　　 B. status 　　C. mind　　 D. pleasure

答案：36-40 BCABD　 41-45 ACDBC　 46-50 DCACC

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河南省商水一高10-11学年高二上学期期中试题

Learning to Accept

　 I learned how to accept life as it is from my father36, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when was 37and ill.

　 My father was 38a 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 always44 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 45up. He said,＂But, Peter, I gave up 46 .What did I gain?＂I thought and thought, but I could not 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(恼怒的) 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 52to give up my irritations. In this 53, I learn the power of acceptance from my father.

　 Sometimes I 54what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. From now, though, I am grateful for this one 55.

49. A. running　　 B. sign　　 C. return　　 D. collecting

48. A. Suddenly　　 B. Slowly　　 C. Then　 D. Fortunately

47. A. paper　　 B. book　　 C. hand　　 D. face