Question

  "How did you do it,Dad? How have you 1        not to take a drink for al?most 20 years?" It took me almost 20 years to have the 2        to even ask my father this very 3        question. When Dad first 4        drinking,the whole family was on pins and needles 5        he got into a situation that,in the past,would have started him drinking again. For a few years we were 6        to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin again.

  "I had this little 7        that 1 would recite to myself 8        four to five times a day," was Dad's 9       to my 18-year-old unasked question. "The 10       were an instant relief and constant reminder to me that things were never so 11       that I could not handle them," Dad said. And then he 12        the poem with me. The poem's simple,yet profound (深奥的) words 13        be?came part of my daily routine as well.

  About a month after this talk with my father,I 14       a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of affirmations (断言) with one affirma?tion listed for each 15        of the year.

  I 16       opened the book to the page of my birthday to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. 17       of disbelief and appreciation rolled down my face. There,on my birthday,was the 18        poem that had helped my 19        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 20        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

1. C句意：你是如何设法做到在过去近2o年里不喝一杯洒的？manage to do sth设法做到某事。

2. A子女去问这样的私人问题肯定是有所顾虑的，所以需要勇气(courage) 。

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(stop) 喝酒的时候……。

5. A every time每次。

6. C句意：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根据后文提示可知选poem。

8. A "每天至少(at least) 背诵四到五次"来强调父亲的决心。

9. D 与question相对应的JhJ是"答复"，可用answer或reply。

10. A 11. D父亲指的是事情并非如此困难(tough) 以至于无法解决。tough艰难的，不容易的。

12. A share sth with sb和某人分享某事物。

13. B父亲的那首诗立刻(immedmtely) 变成作者日常行为的一部分。这句话用来体现这首诗对作者的影响也很大。

14. C 句意：我收到(receive) 了一封邮件。

15. D

16. B 句意:我快速地(hurriedly) 翻到与我4: H相对K'/:的那一天，想看看送给我的宣言是什么。

17. A 句意：难以置信的和感激的眼泪(tear) 顺着我的脸颊流了下来。

18. D 句意：在我生日那一天的书页上，正是(exact) 这些年帮助我父亲的那首诗歌。

19. B 见上题解析。

20. C 与上一句中的change相对应。