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.

　　湖南高考完形填空練習選項：

　　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

　　湖南高考完形填空練習答案：

　　26~30 BADAC 31~35 CBADA

　　36~40 BADAB 41~45 DCACD