Question

“How did you do it, Dad ? How have you   21   not to take a drink for almost 20 years? ”It took me almost 20 years to have the  22  to even ask my father this very  23 question.

When Dad first 24  drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles  25  he got into a situation that, in the past, would have started him drinking again.For a few years we were  26  to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin again.

“I had this little  27  that I would recite to myself  28  four to five times a day ” was Dad’s  29 to my 18-year-old unasked question.“The  30  were an instant relief and constant reminder to me that things were never so  31  that I could not handle them,”Dad said.And then he  32  the poem with me.The poem’s simple, yet profound (深奧的) words  33  became part of my daily routine as well.

About a month after this talk with my father,I  34  a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of affirmations (斷言) with one affirmation listed for each  35  of the year.

I 36  opened the book to the page of my birthday to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. 37  of disbelief and appreciation rolled down my face.There,on my birthday ,was the  38  poem that had helped my  39 for all these years! It is called The Sereniry Prayer.

God,give me the Serenity（平靜）to accept the things I cannot change,the Courage to  40  the things I can,and the Wisdom to know the difference.

1.	A．failed B．succeeded C．managed D．tried

 

2.	A．courage B．a(chǎn)bility 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．a(chǎn)ll time C．next time D．last time

 

6.	A．a(chǎn)nxious B．glad C．a(chǎn)fraid D．eager

 

7.	A．book B．passage C．poem D．list

 

8.	A．a(chǎn)t least B．a(chǎn)t most C．a(chǎn)t first D．a(chǎn)t 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．a(chǎn)ccepted

 

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

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

1.由下文可知父親已經(jīng)設法戒掉了酒，故應用manage，表示“成功做到……”。

2.句意“我”花了近20年的時間才有勇氣去問父親這個問題。第二段最后解釋說，“我”一直害怕勾起他再次飲酒的欲望，故不敢提及該問題。

3.根據(jù)常識可知，該問題純粹是私人問題。

4.從本段最后一句“害怕他再次喝酒”可知，這里是在描述父親最初戒酒時我們的反應。

5.每次當他遇到一種可能會讓他再次飲酒的場合時，全家人就如坐針氈。此處every time引導一個時間狀語從句，意為“每次”。

6.擔心(父親)再次開始飲酒，故數(shù)年來我們一直不敢提及這件事。bring it up提及這件事o

7.本題可以從倒數(shù)第二段的倒數(shù)第二句中得到暗示。

8.從下文可知，父親喜愛這首詩，每天至少背誦四到五遍。

9.根據(jù)文章第一段及空后內(nèi)容可知，這是父親對文章開頭“我”提出的問題的回答。

10.本題可以從本段最后一句話中得到暗示。

11.考查形容詞詞義辨析。語境：這些話不斷提醒我事情從來不會困難到無法處理。tough堅硬的，結實的，棘手的，難解的。A．陌生的，生疏的，奇異的，奇怪的；B．不同的；C．簡單的。

12.考查動詞與介詞的搭配。share sth with sb.與某人分享……。本題易誤選read，但其后介詞應用to，即read sth．to sb．。

13.從下文可知，“我”對該詩一見傾心，頗受其影響，故這些話語立即成為“我”日常生活的一部分。

14.由空格后的a gift in the mail及birthday可知，此處說“我”收到一份禮物。

15.由第五段第一句中“我”翻到“我”生日所在的那一頁可知，該書是每天都有一個斷言的。

16.由上一段最后一句和本空后的內(nèi)容“…to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me”可知。此處表示“我”急忙打開這本書。

17.此處指眼淚從臉上滾落下來。sweat汗水，不符合語境。

18.考查形容詞辨析�！拔摇鄙�日那一頁上的斷言正是曾經(jīng)幫助父親戒酒的那首詩。exact恰好的。correct正確的；impossible不可能的；original起初的。

19.根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知，正是這首詩多年來一直在幫助父親。

20.上帝，給我平靜之心來接受不能改變之事，給我勇氣去改變我所能改變之事，給我智慧以了解其差異。