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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 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 (經(jīng)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 (平靜) 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	C. 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	C. 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

 

Answer 1

16-20 BACDC 21-25 ADABC 26-30 DAABB 31-35 DCBCD

本文通過父親戒酒成功這件事，說明了世上無難事，只要意志堅(jiān)定的道理。

16. 父親戒酒近二十年了。他是怎么做到的呢？二十年后我才有勇氣（courage）去問他這個(gè)問題。

17. 當(dāng)初父親戒酒時(shí)，全家人都擔(dān)心他有朝一日會(huì)反復(fù)。take up意為"開始做某事"，邏輯不對(duì)。

18. 每當(dāng)父親可能繼續(xù)酗酒時(shí)，大家都如坐針氈似的（be on pins and needles）。get into a situation陷入一種處境。

19. start sb. doing sth. 使某人開始干某事。

20. 有好幾年我們不敢（be afraid to）提起這個(gè)話題，擔(dān)心父親重新酗酒。

21. 此處填reply與下文的question相呼應(yīng)。

22. 原來，父親戒酒成功的秘訣在于每天反復(fù)背誦這首詩來提醒自己。reminder提醒物。

23. 從來沒有（never）什么事情如此困難以致于做不到（這里指決心戒酒一事），關(guān)鍵在于意志是否堅(jiān)定。

24-25. 父親與我分享（shared）這首詩，這首詩語言淺顯（simple）但寓意深刻，發(fā)人深省。它也成為了我日常生活中不可或缺的一部分（part）。

28. 這份禮物是關(guān)于名言警句的一本書。這本書為一年中的每一天都列出了（listed）警言。

30. 下文There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem說明作者迫切地想知道自己生日那天會(huì)有什么樣的提醒。

31. hurriedly（匆忙地）一詞能夠恰如其分地描繪出作者當(dāng)時(shí)的心情。

32. what引導(dǎo)賓語從句。我急于知道什么樣的生日提醒在等待著我。in store表示"貯藏著，準(zhǔn)備著"。

33. 我翻到11月10日那一頁時(shí)，首先是非常驚奇（astonished），然后不相信和感激的淚水奪眶而出。

34. roll down滾落下來。

35. 這首詩"幫助"我父親戒掉了酒，走過了這么多年。這也注定要使我受益匪淺。