“How did you do it，Dad？How have you __1__ not to have a drink for almost twenty years？” It took me almost twenty years to have the __2__ to ask my father these very personal questions. When Dad first stopped drinking，the whole family was __3__ every time he got into a situation that __4__ have started him off drinking again. For a few years we were __5__ to bring it up __6__ the drinking would begin again.

“I would recite this little __7__ to myself at least four to five times a day，” Dad replied. “The words were a __8__ and a reminder to me. They told me that things were never so difficult that I could not __9__ them，” Dad said. Then he __10__ the poem with me. It was __11__，yet the meaningful words immediately became a part of my daily life.

About a month after this talk with my father，I received a __12__ from a friend. It was a book of daily mottos with one listed for each day of the year.

It has been my __13__ that when you get something with days of the year on it，you naturally __14__ the page that lists your own birthday.

I hurriedly opened the book to the page of November 10 to see what words of __15__ this book had in __16__ for me. I was shocked to see the words on that __17__.There was the exact same poem that had helped my father for all these years！It is called the Serenity(平静)Prayer：

God，grant me the Serenity to __18__ the things I cannot __19__，the Courage to change the things I can，and the Wisdom to know the __20__.

1．A. decided　 　　　B．tried　 　　　　C．attempted　 　　　D．managed

2．A. courage　 　　　B．bravery　 　　　C．confidence　 　　　D．pride

3．A. nervous　 　　　B．anxious　 　　　C．eager　 　　　　　D．concerned

4．A. must　 　　　　B．would　 　　　　C．could　 　　　　　D．should

5．A. nervous　 　　　B．afraid　 　　　　C．fearful　 　　　　D．cautious

6．A. for fear　 　　　B．in case of　 　　　C．as a result　 　　　D．in some way

7．A. poetry　 　　　　B．poem　 　　　　C．story　 　　　　　D．message

8．A. relaxation　 　　B．liberation　 　　　C．freedom　 　　　D．relief

9．A. handle　 　　　B．do with　 　　　　C．get through　 　　D．go through

10．A. read　 　　　　B．recited　 　　　　C．shared　 　　　　D．enjoyed

11．A. complicated　 　B．difficult　 　　　C．simple　 　　　　D．plain

12．A. book　 　　　　B．poem　 　　　　C．gift　 　　　　　D．letter

13．A. motto　 　　　B．experience　 　　C．chance　 　　　　D．prayer

14．A. open　 　　　　B．switch　 　　　　C．turn to 　　　　　D．come across

15．A. philosophy 　　B．wisdom　 　　　C．methods　 　　　D．tricks

16．A. shop　 　　　　B．store　 　　　　　C．the corner　　 　D．the way

17．A. book　 　　　　B．paper　 　　　　　C．page　 　　　　D．motto

18．A. receive 　　　B．acquire　 　　　　C．obtain　 　　　　D．accept

19．A. solve　 　　　B．change　 　　　　　C．turn　 　　　　D．face

20．A. result　 　　　B．goal　 　　　　　　C．difference　 　D．future

8. 为了不被注意，他坐在了房间的后面。

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7. 如果有危险, 就拉响电动警报器。

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6. 人口增长如此迅速，以致造成了粮食短缺。

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5．他们可能会对他发怒。(likely)

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4．他悄悄地进来为的是不弄醒孩子。

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3．他吸可卡因上瘾。(addicted)

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2．医生迅速地用药麻醉了患者。(drug)

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1．他父亲是如此激动，以至于忍不住流下了泪水。(so...that)

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25. The government has raised the price of water in order to ______ waste.

　 A. report　　　　　 B. reduce　　　　　　 C. notice　　　　　　 D. increase