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Relationships are an important part of your life. 36. .They help you feel accepted and liked by others. The feelings you have about yourself and others depend on how well these needs are met.

37..This gives you a feeling of security. You feel secure when you know you can count on family and friends to love and to accept you the way you are. You add to your feeling of security by making others feel loved. Helping people you care about makes you feel giving and unselfish. Think about how good you feel when someone compliments(问候)or thanks you. “What a good job” or “I appreciate your help” are comments that you like to hear about yourself. 38. . Naturally you feel happy when you receive a compliment. Likewise, you can compliment your family members or friends on their accomplishments.

39..Talk things over with your family and friends. Share your hopes and dreams. Express your joys and frustrations. When family members and friends are talking, take time to listen to what they are saying. Give them clues that show you are listening, such as a nod of approval or a smile.

40..To earn trust you need to show parents, adults, and friends that you can handle new experiences and responsibilities. Being honest and truthful with people can also help you.

A. Learn to express your thoughts clearly and listen to what others say.

B. Different opinions on good relationships.

C. One of the most important things in life is to be loved and accepted by others.

D. Such comments make you feel worthwhile.

E. Relationships help you meet your social and emotional needs.

F. Keys to making relationships work.

G. Another relationship skill that helps people get along with one another is trust.

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Accept life as it is. I learned how to do it from my father. 41_____, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 42_____ and ill.

My father was 43_____ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 44_____ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 45_____. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started 46_____ about life, and I told them about one of my 47_____ . I said that we must very often give things up 48__ we grow — our youth, our beauty, our friends — but it always 49__ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 50_____ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up 51_____! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn't think of anything to say. 52_____, he answered his own question: “I 53_____ the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also 54_____ by his words. After that, when I began to feel angry at someone, I 55_____ remember his words and become 56_____ If he could 57 his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 58_____ to give up my small anger. In this 59_____, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I 60_____ 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 ashamed(惭愧的) for this one word.

41.A. However B. Therefore C. Meanwhile D. Afterward

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

56.A. quiet B. relaxed C. calm D. happy

57.A. remove B. share C. replace D. combine

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

59.A. way B. place C. case D. form

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