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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 36 to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first 37 drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he got into a 38 that, in the past, would have started him 39 again. For a few years we were 40 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 41 to my 18-year-old unasked question. "The words were a constant 42 to me that things were 43 so hard that I could not deal with them," Dad said. Then he 44 the poem with me. The poem's 45 , yet profound (深刻的) words immediately became 46 of my daily routine as well.
About a month after this 47 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 48 for each day of the year.
It has been my 49 that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own 50 .
I 51 opened the book to November 10 to see 52 words of wisdom this book had in store for me. I was 53 when I looked at the page, and then tears of disbelief and appreciation 54 down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 55 my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity (平静) 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.
36. A. chance B. courage C. ability D. right
37. A. gave up B. took up C. went on D. carried on
38. A. way B. habit C. situation D. house
39. A. reciting B. asking C. smoking D. drinking
40. A. sure B. uncertain C. afraid D. eager
41. A. reply B. words C. excuse D. explanation
42. A. fear B. imagination C. thought D. reminder
43. A. never B. seldom C. always D. ever
44. A. discussed B. shared C. offered D. talked
45. A. wonderful B. long C. simple D. boring
46. A. all B. that C. any D. part
47. A. talk B. quarrel C. trip D. lesson
48. A. listed B. included C. read D. said
49. A. method B. experience C. wealth D. message
50. A. character B. birthday C. qualities D. favorites
51. A. doubtfully B. carefully C. happily D. hurriedly
52. A. where B. whether C. what D. how
53. A. excited B. astonished C. disappointed D. frightened
54. A. hung B. pulled C. rolled D. pushed
55. A. troubled B. disturbed C. pleased D. helped
36-40 BACDC 41-45 ADABC 46-50 DAABB 51-55 DCBCD
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| Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfish service. Because the entire village lived on fishing, a volunteer rescue team was needed in case of emergency. One night, the winds 1 , the clouds burst and a strong storm overturned a fishing boat at sea. The crew in trouble 2 the SOS. The captain of the rescue rowboat team 3 the alarm and the villagers 4 in the town square overlooking the sea. When the team started their rowboat fought their way through the wild waves, the villagers waited 5 on the beach, holding lamps to 6 the way back. An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared through Falling 8 on the sand, the volunteers reported that the rescue boat could not hold any more 9 and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more passenger would have surely 10 the rescue boat and all would have been lost. 11 , the captain called for another volunteer team to 12 the survivor. Sixteen -year-old Hans stepped forward. His mother grabbed his arm, crying, "please don't go. Your father 13 in a shipwreck (船只失事) 10 years ago and yo Hans replied, "Mother, I have to go. 15 everyone said I can't go, let someone else do it? Mother, this time I have to do my duty. When the call for service 16 , we all need to take our turn and do our part. Hans kissed his mother, joined the team and 17 into the night." Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans' mother like a century. 18 the rescue boat dashed through the fog wit to control himself, Hans excitedly cried back, "Yes, we found him. Tell my mother it's my elder brother, Paul!" | ||||
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