Question

【题目】完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D中)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

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

“I had this little__ that I would recite to myself__ four to five times a day.” was Dad's __ to my 18yearold unasked question. “The __ were an instant relief and constant reminder to me that things were never so __ that I could not handle them，” Dad said. And then he __ the poem with me. The poem's simple, yet profound (深奥的) words__ became part of my daily routine as well.

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

I __ opened the book to the page of my birthday to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. __ of disbelief and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the __ poem that had helped my__ 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 __ 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. liked 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

【答案】

【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】这是一篇记叙文。主要叙述作者与爸爸关于许多年前戒酒成功的情况。

【1】C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。

【2】A我过了20年才有勇气去问我的父亲这个非常私人的问题。 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。

【3】B personal个人的，私人的。解析见上题。

【4】D 句意：当父亲刚开始停止喝酒的时候，全家人如坐针毡，每一次他总会陷入一种情形之中，他会再次喝酒。

【5】A every time每次。

【6】C 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喝酒。

【7】C 根据后文可知用poem。

【8】A 每天至少背四到五次来强调父亲的决心。

【9】D与question相对应的词是答案，即：answer或reply。

【10】A 用words来指父亲要背诵的那首诗。

【11】D 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。

【12】A 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。

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

【14】C 我收到了一件邮件。客观的收到用receive。

【15】D 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。

【16】B 我快速地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。

【17】A 难以置信的和感激的眼泪顺着我的脸流了下来。

【18】D 在我生日那一天的书页上正是帮助我父亲度过这些年的那首诗歌。

【19】B 见上题解析。

【20】C 与上一句话的change对应。 给我以平静，让我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。