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河北省定州市四中2013——2014高二英语期末阅读练习模拟试题7 任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。 How Self-Acceptance Leads to Happiness Within Finding acceptance is a natural desire of most people. When we are young, it is important to us to be accepted by others. To do this, we will often adopt the views and interests of the others rather than develop our own. Over time, however, we have the opportunity to learn to accept ourselves. People who have done this are confident in their true abilities; they do not feel the need to impress other people. They are concerned with whether their actions produce worthwhile results rather than with how they are seen by others. Less confident people constantly agree with everything others suggest, for fear of having their own ideas rejected. Defensive people are also usually unconfident; in an attempt to hide their unconfidence, they blame others. Confident people do not give up when faced with a difficult situation; they say I can rather than I cant. Knowing that each day is an opportunity to use their talents to acquire good health, good friendships, and great happiness, they always put their best foot forward. Gradually they can appreciate the differences between themselves and other people. Recognizing the details that we cannot change about ourselves helps us grow personally, so why waste energy complaining about being short? Instead of focusing on personal characteristics we are not satisfied with, we ought to focus more on what we are good at. Such expressions as Love yourself and Be true to your own self are about self-acceptance, as well as honesty and morality. We should consider them to be good advice, and treat them as signposts showing the way to happiness within. Topic We should learn to accept ourselves as well as find 76 by others. Benefits of accepting ourselves ▲ We are 77 in our true abilities and our lives. ▲ We are less 78 to give up when faced with difficult situati