“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