"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 (深奥的) 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 (断言) 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 (平静) 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 

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