Ⅲ .完形填空

“How did you do it, Dad? How have you __1__ not to take a drink for almost 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 I 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?yuàn)W的) words __13__ became 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(斷言)with one affirmation 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 (平靜)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

答案及解析：

1. C。句意為：“你是如何設(shè)法做到在過去的20年里不喝一杯酒？”manage to do sth.設(shè)法做到某事。

2. A。我過了20年才有勇氣去問我的父親這個(gè)非常私人的問題?！弊鳛樽优栠@樣的問題肯定是有顧慮的，所以作者說的是“勇氣”。courage 勇氣。

3. B。 personal個(gè)人的，私人的。分析見上題。

4. D。 句意為：“當(dāng)父親剛開始停止渴酒的時(shí)候，全家人如坐針氈，每一次他總會(huì)陷入一種情形之中，他會(huì)再次渴酒。every time每次/

5. A。 every time每次。分析見上題。

6. C。 幾年來我們都不敢提出這個(gè)話題，因?yàn)槲覀兒ε赂赣H會(huì)再次渴酒。

7. C。 根據(jù)后文可知用poem。

8. A。 每天至少背四到五次來強(qiáng)調(diào)父親的決心。

9. D。 與question相對應(yīng)的詞是答案，即：answer或reply。

10. A。 用words來指父親要背誦的那首詩。

11. D。 首先確定句意，父親指的是事情并非如此艱難以至于事情是可以控制的。tough艱難的，不容易的。

12. A。 句意為：“然后父親把那首詩拿來和我分享?！眘hare sth. with sb.和某人分享某事物。

13. B。 父親的那首詩立刻變成作者日常行為的一部分。這句話是用來體現(xiàn)這首詩對作者的影響也很大。

14. C。 我收到了一件郵件?？陀^的收到用receive。

15. D。 這是一本電子書，上面列出了適合每一天的宣言。言外之意是每天都可以背一個(gè)相對應(yīng)的宣言。

16. B。 句意為：“我快速地翻到與我生日相對應(yīng)的那一天，想看看送給我的睿言是什么?！?/p>

17. A。句意為：“難以置信的和感激的眼淚順著我的臉流了下來。”

18. D。 句意為：“在我生日那一天的書頁上正是幫助我父親度過這些年的那首詩歌?！?/p>

19. B。 見上題分析。

20. C。 與上一句話的change對應(yīng)。意為：“給我以平靜，讓我接受我不能改變的事情，給我勇氣來讓我改變我能改變的事情。”

Ⅳ.短文改錯(cuò)

I was recent told that listening to loud music is gradually 1.______

making people hard of hearing. I'm sure it has already been 2.______

happened to my neighbor. For years she has turned a deaf 3.______

ear to my requests to turn her radio down. When she gave a 4.______

party she isn't have to invite the rest of the street. Everyone 5.______
答案

recent→recently

去掉been

√

gave→gives

isn't→doesn't?

can dance in her music in his own room. Now a scientist has 6.______

discovered a certain electronic sounds have strange effects on 7.______

rats. He declares they break down, almost paralyze(癱) with 8.______

legs trembled. Then it is simply a matter of throwing them 9.______

out by their tail. I wonder if the same thing will happen to 10.______

答案：my neighbor some day.

第一個(gè)in→to

去掉a

with后加their

trembled→trembling

tail→tails?