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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 _______ drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he got into a _______ that, in the past, would have started him _______ again. For a few years we were _______ 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 _______ to my 18-year-old unasked question. “The words were a constant _______ to me that things were _______ so hard that I could not deal with them,” Dad said. Then he _______ the poem with me. The poem’s ________, yet profound words immediately became ________ of my daily routine as well.About a month after this ________ 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 ________ for each day of the year.It has been my ________ that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own ________.I ________ opened the book to November 10 to see ________ words of wisdom this book had in store for me. I was ________ when I looked at the page, and then tears of disbelief and appreciation ________ down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had ________ my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity (平静) Prayer.God grant methe 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 on【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 答案：【答案】【1】B【2】A【3】C【4】D【5】C【6】A【7】D【8】A【9】B【10】C【11】D【12】A【13】A【14】B【15】B【16】D【17】C【18】B【19】C【20】D【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章，通过叙述父亲戒烟和父亲给我的生日礼物，说明一个道理：有冷静接受不能改变的，有勇气改变能够改变的，有智慧去区别两类事。【1】考查名词。A. chance机会；B. courage勇气；C. ability能力；D. right正确；权利。二十年来“我”第一次鼓起勇气（courage）问父亲这个极其私人的问题。故正确答案为B。【2】考查动词短语。A. gave up放弃；B. took up拿起；吸纳；C. went on继续；D. carried on继续；参与。由上下文可知，父亲不沾酒快二十年了。起初他戒酒（give up drinking）时，全家都坐立不安，怕他戒酒失败。故选A。【3】考查名词。A. way方式；B. habit习惯；C. situation情况；D. house房屋。由句意可知，起初父亲戒酒时，每次遇到需要喝酒的情况（situation），家人都坐立不安，因为这有可能让他重新酗酒。故选C。【4】考查动词。A. reciting背诵；B. asking询问；C. smoking吸烟；D. drinking喝酒。由下文可知，家人害怕父亲戒酒失败，再次酗酒（drink）。故选D。【5】考查形容词。A. sure确信的；B. uncertain含糊的；C. afraid害怕的；D. eager渴望的。从父亲戒酒时起，好几年的时间里，家人都不敢提起他戒酒的事，生怕（afraid）他前功尽弃。故选C。【6】考查名词。A. reply回答；B. words话语；C. excuse借口；D. explanation解释。父亲对“我”十八年来的疑问作出回答（reply）说：“我每天都背诵同一首小诗四五遍。”故选A。【7】考查名词。A. fear害怕；B. imagination想象力；C. thought思想；D. reminder提醒。由句意可知，父亲每天背诵的那首小诗，是给他自己的一个提醒，故选D。【8】考查副词。A. never从不；B. seldom几乎不；C. always总是；D. ever曾经。由文章可知，父亲戒酒成功了，这归功于那首小诗提醒他世上无难事（things were never so hard），只怕有心人。故选A。【9】考查动词。A. discussed讨论；B. shared分享；C. offered提供；D. talked交谈。父亲说完就和“我”分享（share with me）了那首小诗。故选B。【10】考查形容词。A. wonderful极好的；B. long长的；C. simple简单的；D. boring无聊的。由文章最后一段可知，这首小诗是简洁的（simple），故选C。【11】考查名词。A. all全部；B. that那个；C. any任何；D. part部分。这首小诗简洁而又深刻的诗句，成了我日常生活的一部分（part）。故选D。【12】考查名词。A. talk谈话；B. quarrel争吵；C. trip旅行；D. lesson课程。由上文可知，父亲和“我”进行了一次谈话（talk），谈到了他戒酒成功是因为都那小诗。故选A。【13】考查动词。A. listed列出；B. included包含；C. read阅读；D. said说。这是一本格言书。一年365天每个日子都与一句格言相对应，罗列（list）在书中。故选A。【14】考查名词。A. method方法；B. experience经历；C. wealth财富；D. message消息。由句意可知，有些书按照一年365天的日期顺序安排书中的内容，每当拿到这类书时，“我”都根据经验（experience）翻到自己生日那天。故选B。【15】考查名词。A. character性格；B. birthday生日；C. qualities品质；D. favorites偏爱。由下文可知，“我”把书翻到了十一月十号，看书中为“我”列出的格言。所以“我”翻到的是写有自己生日的那一页。故正确答案为B。【16】考查副词。A. doubtfully怀疑地；B. carefully仔细地；C. happily快乐地；D. hurriedly匆忙地。由句意可知，由上文可知，作者拿到这类书时，会自然地翻到印着自己生日的那一页，所以作者急忙打开书，查看自己生日那天的格言。故选D。【17】考查连接词。A. where在哪里；B. whether是否；C. what什么；D. ho如何；由句意可知，作者打开十一月十号那一页，看看这本书为自己准备的格言是什么（what）。故选C。【18】考查形容词。A. excited激动的；B. astonished吃惊的；C. disappointed失望的；D. frightened害怕的。由下文可知，“我”打开那一页，看到给“我”的格言正是父亲跟我讲的那首，这个巧合让“我”很惊讶（astonished）。故选B。【19】考查动词。A. hung悬挂；B. pulled拉；C. rolled滚落；D. pushed推。由句意可知，“我”不敢相信自己的眼睛，感激之情让“我”的泪水滚落（roll）下来。故选C。【20】考查动词。A. troubled麻烦；B. disturbed干扰；C. pleased满意；D. helped帮助。由上文可知，这首诗帮助（help）父亲戒酒成功。故选D。

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