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 Sereniry 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.

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

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

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

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

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

6.	A．anxious B．glad C．afraid D．eager

7.	A．book B．passage C．poem D．list

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15.	A．hour B．week C．month D．day

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

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

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

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

20.	A．believe B．benefit C．change D．do

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

1.由下文可知父亲已经设法戒掉了酒，故应用manage，表示“成功做到……”。

2.句意“我”花了近20年的时间才有勇气去问父亲这个问题。第二段最后解释说，“我”一直害怕勾起他再次饮酒的欲望，故不敢提及该问题。

3.根据常识可知，该问题纯粹是私人问题。

4.从本段最后一句“害怕他再次喝酒”可知，这里是在描述父亲最初戒酒时我们的反应。

5.每次当他遇到一种可能会让他再次饮酒的场合时，全家人就如坐针毡。此处every time引导一个时间状语从句，意为“每次”。

6.担心(父亲)再次开始饮酒，故数年来我们一直不敢提及这件事。bring it up提及这件事o

7.本题可以从倒数第二段的倒数第二句中得到暗示。

8.从下文可知，父亲喜爱这首诗，每天至少背诵四到五遍。

9.根据文章第一段及空后内容可知，这是父亲对文章开头“我”提出的问题的回答。

10.本题可以从本段最后一句话中得到暗示。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。语境：这些话不断提醒我事情从来不会困难到无法处理。tough坚硬的，结实的，棘手的，难解的。A．陌生的，生疏的，奇异的，奇怪的；B．不同的；C．简单的。

12.考查动词与介词的搭配。share sth with sb.与某人分享……。本题易误选read，但其后介词应用to，即read sth．to sb．。

13.从下文可知，“我”对该诗一见倾心，颇受其影响，故这些话语立即成为“我”日常生活的一部分。

14.由空格后的a gift in the mail及birthday可知，此处说“我”收到一份礼物。

15.由第五段第一句中“我”翻到“我”生日所在的那一页可知，该书是每天都有一个断言的。

16.由上一段最后一句和本空后的内容“…to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me”可知。此处表示“我”急忙打开这本书。

17.此处指眼泪从脸上滚落下来。sweat汗水，不符合语境。

18.考查形容词辨析。“我”生日那一页上的断言正是曾经帮助父亲戒酒的那首诗。exact恰好的。correct正确的；impossible不可能的；original起初的。

19.根据上文内容可知，正是这首诗多年来一直在帮助父亲。

20.上帝，给我平静之心来接受不能改变之事，给我勇气去改变我所能改变之事，给我智慧以了解其差异。