"Howdidyoudoit,Dad?Howhaveyoumanagednottotakeadrinkfora...

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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   1   to even ask my father this very personal question．When Dad first   2   drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he got into a    3    that, in the past, would have started him   4   again．For a few years we were  5   to bring it up for fear 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 6   to my 18-year-old unasked question．"The words were an instant relief and constant   7  to me that things were   8   so tough that I could not handle them," Dad said．And then he 9  the poem with me．The poem's   10  , yet profound words immediately became   11   of my daily routine as well.

About a month after this   12  with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine．It was a book of daily affirmations with one affirmation（*言）   13  for each day of the year.

It has been my    14   that when you get something with days of the year on it, you automatically turn to the page that lists your own    15 .

I   16   opened the book to November 10 to see   17   words of wisdom this book had in store for me．I was   18   when I looked at the page, and tears of disbelief and appreciation   19  down my face．There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had   20   my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity（平靜） 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．

1．A．chance                  B．courage               C．ability                  D．right

2．A．gave up                 B．took up               C．went on              D．carried up

3．A．way                      B．habit                   C．situation              D．house

4．A．reciting                 B．asking                 C．smoking              D．drinking

5．A．sure                      B．uncertain             C．afraid                  D．eager

6．A．reply                     B．words                 C．excuse                D．explanation

7．A．fear                      B．imagination          C．thought               D．reminder

8．A．never                    B．seldom                C．always                D．ever

9．A．discussed              B．shared                 C．offered                D．talked

10．A．wonderful           B．long                    C．simple                 D．boring

11．A．all                       B．that                     C．any                     D．part

12．A．talk                     B．quarrel                C．trip                     D．lesson

13．A．listed                   B．included              C．read                    D．said

14．A．method               B．experience           C．wealth                 D．message

15．A．character             B．birthday               C．qualities               D．favorites

16．A．doubtfully            B．carefully              C．happily                D．hurriedly

17．A．where                 B．whether               C．what                   D．how

18．A．excited                B．astonished           C．disappointed        D．frightened

19．A．hung                   B．pulled                  C．rolled                  D．pushed

20．A．troubled              B．disturbed             C．pleased                D．helped

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1—5 BACDC    6—10 ADABC    11—15 DAABB      16-20 DCBCD

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