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 (深奧的) 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 (斷言) 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 (平靜) 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：你是如何設(shè)法做到在過去近2o年里不喝一杯灑的？manage to do sth設(shè)法做到某事。

2. A子女去問這樣的私人問題肯定是有所顧慮的，所以需要勇氣(courage) 。

3. B personal個人的，私人的。解析見上題。

4. D句意：當父親剛開始停止(stop) 喝酒的時候……。

5. A every time每次。

6. C句意：幾年來我們都不敢提出這個話題，因為我們害怕父親會再次喝酒。

7. C根據(jù)后文提示可知選poem。

8. A "每天至少(at least) 背誦四到五次"來強調(diào)父親的決心。

9. D 與question相對應(yīng)的JhJ是"答復(fù)"，可用answer或reply。

10. A 11. D父親指的是事情并非如此困難(tough) 以至于無法解決。tough艱難的，不容易的。

12. A share sth with sb和某人分享某事物。

13. B父親的那首詩立刻(immedmtely) 變成作者日常行為的一部分。這句話用來體現(xiàn)這首詩對作者的影響也很大。

14. C 句意：我收到(receive) 了一封郵件。

15. D

16. B 句意:我快速地(hurriedly) 翻到與我4: H相對K'/:的那一天，想看看送給我的宣言是什么。

17. A 句意：難以置信的和感激的眼淚(tear) 順著我的臉頰流了下來。

18. D 句意：在我生日那一天的書頁上，正是(exact) 這些年幫助我父親的那首詩歌。

19. B 見上題解析。

20. C 與上一句中的change相對應(yīng)。