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“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 to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first 27 drinking , the whole family was on 28 and needles every time he got into a 29 that, in the past, would have 30 him drinking again. For a few years we were 31 to bring it up 32 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 33 to my 18-year-old unasked question. “The words were a constant 34 to me that things were 35 so hard that I could not deal with them,” Dad said. And then he 36 the poem with me. The poem’s 37 , yet profound words immediately became 38 of my daily routine 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 39 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 40 .
I 41 opened the book to November 10 to see 42 words of wisdom this book had in store for me. The moment I glanced at the page, tears of 43 and appreciation 44 down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 45 my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity 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.
26. A. chance B. courage C. ability D. right
27. A. gave up B. took up C. started D. continued
28. A. thread B. duty C. fire D. pins
29. A. situation B. habit C. condition D. house
30.A. stopped B. made C. started D. asked
31. A. sure B. uncertain C. afraid D. eager
32. A. on condition B. for fear C. in case D. providing
33. A. reply B. words C. excuse D. explanation
34. A. fear B. imagination C. thought D. reminder
35. A. never B. seldom C. always D. ever
36. A. discussed B. shared C. offered D. talked
37. A. simple B. long C. wonderfully D. boring
38. A. all B. that C. any D. part
39. A. listed B. included C. read D. said
40. A. character B. birthday C. qualities D. favorites
41. A. doubtfully B. carefully C. happily D. hurriedly
42. A. where B. whether C. what D. how
43. A. disbelief B. anger C. sorrow D. regret
44. A. hung B. pulled C. rolled D. pushed
45. A. troubled B. disturbed C. pleased D. helped
参考答案
26~30 BADAC 31~35 CBADA
36~40 BADAB 41~45 DCACD
