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1. Beggars often ask for money from p .
"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
owe ...to... no wonder end up make out have... in common
1. If he carries on driving like that,he'll dead.
2. he is not hungry;he has been eating sweets all day.
3. I could hardly anything in the thick fog.
4. Zhu Zhiwen his success his perseverance.
5. The twins nothing .
8. According to incomplete statistics,there are over 3,000 (religion) organizations throughout China.
5. She still remembers (take) to Shanghai when she was very young.
7. Jack is good at (make) kites.
14. (tell) many times,he still repeated the same mistake.
6. He (计算) his gains and losses of money and the result was a minus.
5. 从那家公司辞职后，汤姆开始卖保险。
After he resigned from that company,Tom insurance as a profession.
