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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 to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first 27 drinking , the whole family was on 28 and needles every time he got into a 29 that, in the past, would have 30 him drinking again. For a few years we were 31 to bring it up 32 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 33 to my 18-year-old unasked question. “The words were a constant 34 to me that things were 35 so hard that I could not deal with them,” Dad said. And then he 36 the poem with me. The poem’s 37 , yet profound words immediately became 38 of my daily routine as well.

　　About a month after this talk 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 39 for each day of the year.

　　It has been my experience that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own 40 .

　　I 41 opened the book to November 10 to see 42 words of wisdom this book had in store for me. The moment I glanced at the page, tears of 43 and appreciation 44 down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 45 my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity 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.

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

　　27. A. gave up B. took up C. started D. continued

　　28. A. thread B. duty C. fire D. pins

　　29. A. situation B. habit C. condition D. house

　　30.A. stopped B. made C. started D. asked

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

　　32. A. on condition B. for fear C. in case D. providing

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

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

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

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

　　37. A. simple B. long C. wonderfully D. boring

　　38. A. all B. that C. any D. part

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

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

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

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

　　43. A. disbelief B. anger C. sorrow D. regret

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

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

　　參考答案

　　26~30 BADAC 31~35 CBADA

　　36~40 BADAB 41~45 DCACD