Question

“How did you do it, Dad? How have you  21  not to take a drink for almost 20 years?” It took me almost 20 years to have the  22  to even ask my father this very  23  question. When Dad first 24 drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles  25  he got into a situation that, in the past, would have started him drinking again. For a few years we were   26 to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin again.

“I had this little 27 that I would recite to myself 28 four to five times a day” was Dad’s 29 to my 18 – year – old unasked question. “The 30 were an instant relief and constant reminder to me that things were never so 31 that I could not handle them,” Dad said. And then he 32 the poem with me. The poem’s simple, yet profound （深奥的） words  33  became part of my daily routine as well.

About a month after this talk with my father, I 34 a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of affirmations（断言）with one affirmation listed for each 35 of the year.

I 36 opened the book to the page of my birthday to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. 37 of disbelief and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the 38 poem that had helped my 39 for all these years! It is called The Serenity Prayer.

God, give me the Serenity （平静）to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to 40 the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.

A. failed          B. succeeded           C. managed             D. tried

A. courage        B. ability              C. wisdom              D. confidence

A. interesting      B. personal            C. hard                 D. unanswered

A. started         B. enjoyed             C. minded              D. stopped

A. every time      B. all time             C. next time             D. last time

A. anxious        B. glad                C. afraid                D. eager

A. book          B. passage             C. poem                       D. list

A. at least        B. at most              C. at first               D. at last

A. comment      B. praise               C. contribution           D. reply

A. words         B. phrases             C. letters                D. sentences

A. strange        B. different            C. simple                D. tough

A. shared           B. talked            C. read               D. impressed

A. surprisingly       B. immediately       C. increasingly        D. regularly

A. brought          B. bought            C. received           D. accepted

A. hour             B. week             C. month            D. day

A. easily            B. hurriedly          C. sadly             D. peacefully

A. Tears            B. Smiles            C. Sweat             D. Satisfaction

A. correct           B. impossible         C. original           D. exact

A. mother           B. father             C. friend            D. classmate

A. believe           B. benefit            C. change           D. do

Answer 1

【小题1】C

【小题2】A

【小题3】B

【小题4】D

【小题5】A

【小题6】C

【小题7】C

【小题8】A

【小题9】D

【小题10】A

【小题11】D

【小题12】A

【小题13】B

【小题14】C

【小题15】D

【小题16】B

【小题17】A

【小题18】D

【小题19】B

【小题20】C

解析:

【小题1】你是如何设法做到在过去的20年里不喝一杯酒。manage to do sth.设法做到某事。

【小题2】这用去我20年的时间才有勇气去问我的父亲这个非常个人的，私人的问题。作为子女去问这样的问题肯定是有顾虑的，所以作者说的是勇气。courage 勇气。

【小题3】personal个人的，私人的。分析见上题。

【小题4】当父亲刚开始停止吸烟的时候，全家人如坐针毡，每一次他总会陷入一种情形之中，他会再次吸烟。every time每次。

【小题5】分析见上题。

【小题6】几年来我们都不敢提出这个话题，因为我们害怕父亲会再次吸烟。

【小题7】根据后文可知用poem。

【小题8】每天至少背四到五次来强调父亲的决心。

【小题9】与question相对应的词是答案，即：answer或reply。

【小题10】用A来指父亲要背诵的那首诗。

【小题11】首先确定句意，父亲指的是事情并非如此艰难以至于事情是可以控制的。tough艰难的，不容易的。

【小题12】然后父亲把那首诗拿来和我分享。share sth. with sb.和某人分享某事物。

【小题13】父亲的那首诗立刻变成我日常行为的一部分，这句话是用来体现这首诗对作者的影响也很大。

【小题14】我受到了一封邮件，客观的收到用receive。

【小题15】这是一本电子书，上面列出了适合每一天的宣言，言外之意是每天都可以背一个相对应的宣言。

【小题16】我快速的翻到与我生日相对应的那一天，想看看送给我的睿言是什么。

【小题17】难以置信的和感激的眼泪顺着我的脸留了下来。

【小题18】在我生日那一天的书页上正式那首帮助我父亲度过这些年的一首诗歌。

【小题19】见上题分析。

【小题20】与上一句话的change对应，给我平静的心让我来接受我不能改变的事情，给我勇气来让我改变我能改变的事情。