How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years? It took me almost 20 years to have the  36  to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first  37  drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he got into a  38  that, in the past, would have started him  39  again. For a few years we were    40  to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin again.

    "I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day," was Dad's  41  to my 18-year-old unasked question. "The words were a constant  42  to me that things were  43  so hard that I could not deal with them," Dad said. Then he  44   the poem with me. The poem's  45  , yet profound (深刻的) words immediately became  46    of my daily routine as well. 

    About a month after this  47  with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one  48  for each day of the year.

    It has been my  49 that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own  50   .

    I  51  opened the book to November 10 to see  52  words of wisdom this book had in store for me. I was  53  when I looked at the page, and then tears of disbelief and appreciation  54  down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had  55    my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity (平静) Prayer:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.

36. A. chance       B. courage         C. ability          D. right

37. A. gave up      B. took up          C. went on        D. carried on

38. A. way         B. habit            C. situation        D. house

39. A. reciting      B. asking           C. smoking        D. drinking

40. A. sure         B. uncertain        C. afraid          D. eager

41. A. reply        B. words            C. excuse         D. explanation

42. A. fear         B. imagination       C. thought         D. reminder

43. A. never        B. seldom           C. always          D. ever

44. A. discussed     B. shared           C. offered          D. talked

45. A. wonderful    B. long              C. simple          D. boring

46. A. all           B. that              C. any            D. part

47. A. talk          B. quarrel           C. trip            D. lesson

48. A. listed         B. included          C. read           D. said

49. A. method        B. experience        C. wealth          D. message

50. A. character      B. birthday         C. qualities        D. favorites

51. A. doubtfully     B. carefully         C. happily         D. hurriedly

52. A. where         B. whether          C. what           D. how

53. A. excited        B. astonished        C. disappointed    D. frightened

54. A. hung          B. pulled           C. rolled           D. pushed

55. A. troubled       B. disturbed         C. pleased         D. helped

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

"I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day," was Dad's 6   to my 18-year-old unasked question．"The words were an instant relief and constant   7  to me that things were   8   so tough that I could not handle them," Dad said．And then he 9  the poem with me．The poem's   10  , yet profound words immediately became   11   of my daily routine as well.

About a month after this   12  with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine．It was a book of daily affirmations with one affirmation（警言）   13  for each day of the year.

It has been my    14   that when you get something with days of the year on it, you automatically turn to the page that lists your own    15 .

I   16   opened the book to November 10 to see   17   words of wisdom this book had in store for me．I was   18   when I looked at the page, and tears of disbelief and appreciation   19  down my face．There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had   20   my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity（平静） Prayer:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference．

1．A．chance                  B．courage               C．ability                  D．right

2．A．gave up                 B．took up               C．went on              D．carried up

3．A．way                      B．habit                   C．situation              D．house

4．A．reciting                 B．asking                 C．smoking              D．drinking

5．A．sure                      B．uncertain             C．afraid                  D．eager

6．A．reply                     B．words                 C．excuse                D．explanation

7．A．fear                      B．imagination          C．thought               D．reminder

8．A．never                    B．seldom                C．always                D．ever

9．A．discussed              B．shared                 C．offered                D．talked

10．A．wonderful           B．long                    C．simple                 D．boring

11．A．all                       B．that                     C．any                     D．part

12．A．talk                     B．quarrel                C．trip                     D．lesson

13．A．listed                   B．included              C．read                    D．said

14．A．method               B．experience           C．wealth                 D．message

15．A．character             B．birthday               C．qualities               D．favorites

16．A．doubtfully            B．carefully              C．happily                D．hurriedly

17．A．where                 B．whether               C．what                   D．how

18．A．excited                B．astonished           C．disappointed        D．frightened

19．A．hung                   B．pulled                  C．rolled                  D．pushed

20．A．troubled              B．disturbed             C．pleased                D．helped

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16－35各题所给的k^s5*uA.B.C.D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years? It took me almost 20 years to have the 16 to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first 17 drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he got into a 18 that, in the past, would have started him 19 again. For a few years we were 20 to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin again.

"I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day," was Dad's 21 to my 18-year-old unasked question. "The words were a constant (经常的) 22 to me that things were 23 so hard that I could not deal with them," Dad said. Then he 24 the poem with me. The poem's 25, yet profound (深刻的) words immediately became 26 of my daily routine as well.

About a month after this 27 with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one 28 for each day of the year.

It has been my 29 that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own 30.

I 31 opened the book to November 10 to see 32 words of wisdom this book had in store for me. I was 33 when I looked at the page, and then tears of disbelief and appreciation 34 down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 35 my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity (平静) Prayer:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.

16. A. chance      B. courage     ability        D. right

17. A. gave up     B. took up      C. went on      D. carried on

18. A. way        B. habit        C. situation      D. house

19. A. reciting     B. asking       C. smoking      D. drinking

20. A. sure        B. uncertain     C. afraid        D. eager

21. A. reply       B. words        C. excuse       D. explanation

22. A. fear        B. imagination   C. thought       D. reminder

23. A. never       B. seldom       C. always       D. ever

24. A. discussed    B. shared       C. offered       D. talked

25. A. wonderful   B. long         C. simple        D. boring

26． A. all       B. that          C. any          D. part

27. A. talk        B. quarrel        C. trip          D. lesson

28. A. listed       B. included      C. read         D. said

29. A. method     B. experience     C. wealth       D. message

30. A. character    B. birthday       C. qualities     D. favorites

31. A. doubtfully   B. carefully       happily      D. hurriedly

32. A. where       B. whether       C. what        D. how

33. A. excited      B. astonished     C. disappointed  D. frightened

34. A. hung        B. pulled        C. rolled        D. pushed

35. A. troubled     B. disturbed      C. pleased       D. helped

"How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years?" It took me almost 20 years to have the　　1　　to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first 　 2　 drinking, the whole family was on　　3　 and needles every time he got into a 　 4　 that, in the past, would have 　 5　 him drinking again. For a few years we were 　 6　 to bring it up 　 7　 that the drinking would begin again.

"I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day." That was Dad's　　8　 to my 18-year-old unasked question. "The words were a constant (经常的)　 9　 to me that things were　　10　 so hard that I could not deal with them," Dad said. Then he 　 11　 the poem with me. The poem's 　 12　 , yet profound(深刻的)words immediately became 　 13　 of my daily routine(日常事务) as well.

About a month after this talk with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one 　 14　 for each day of the year.

It has been my experience that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own 　 15　 .

I 　 16　 opened the book to November 10 to see 　 17　 words of wisdom this book had in store for me. The moment I glanced at the page, tears of　　18　 and appreciation　　19　 down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 　 20　 my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity (平静) Prayer:God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

1. A. chance B. courage C. ability D. right

2. A. gave up B. took up C. started D. continued

3. A. thread B. duty C. fire D. pins

4. A. situation B. habit C. condition D. house

5. A. stopped B. made C. started D. asked

6. A. sure B. uncertain C. afraid D. eager

7. A. on condition B. for fear C. in case D. providing

8. A. reply B. words C. excuse D. explanation

9. A. fear B. imagination C. thought D. reminder

10. A. never B. seldom C. always D. ever

11. A. discussed B. shared C. offered D. talked

12. A. simple B. long C. wonderful D. boring

13. A. all B. that C. any D. part

14. A. listed B. included C. read D. said

15. A. character B. birthday C. qualities D. favorites

16. A. doubtfully B. carefully C. happily D. hurriedly

17. A. where B. whether C. what D. how

18. A. disbelief B. anger C. sorrow D. regret

19. A. hung B. pulled C. rolled D. pushed

20. A. troubled B. disturbed C. pleased D. helped