As a young man, Al was a skilled artist.He had a wife and two fine sons.One night, his oldest son developed a serious stomachache.Thinking it was only some
____intestinal (肠内的)disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously.But the boy
____suddenly that night.
Knowing the death could have been
____if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Al's emotional health became worse under the huge burden(重负) of his
_____.To make matters worse his wife
____him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son.The hurt and pain of the two
____were more than Al could handle, and he
____to alcohol(烈酒).In time Al became an alcoholic.
____ the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he
____— his home, his land, his art objects, everything.
____ Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.
When I heard of Al's death, I thought that Al's life was a complete
____.
As time went by, I began to reconsider my earlier judgment.I knew Al's now
____son, Ernie.He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known.I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free
____of love between them.I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.
I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his
____.One day I worked
____ my courage to ask him."I'm really
____ by something," I said."I know your father was
____ the only one to raise you.What on earth did he do that you became such a special person?"
Ernie sat quietly and
____ for a few moments.Then he said, "From my earliest
____ as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ' I love you, son.' "
Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to
____ Al as a failure.He had not left any material possessions behind.But he had been a kind loving father, and he left behind one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known.
【小题1】A.certain | B.common | C.rare | D.basic |
【小题2】A.dead | B.passed away | C.starved | D.worsened |
【小题3】A.cured | B.prevented | C.forbidden | D.saved |
【小题4】A.disease | B.debt | C.guilt | D.duty |
【小题5】A.left | B.scolded | C.quarreled | D.forgave |
【小题6】A.disasters | B.adventures | C.conflicts | D.situations |
【小题7】A.got | B.drank | C.turned | D.sank |
【小题8】A.As | B.Though | C.Because | D.If |
【小题9】A.needed | B.shared | C.benefited | D.owned |
【小题10】A.Eventually | B.Gradually | C.Therefore | D.Meanwhile |
【小题11】A.trouble | B.hardship | C.failure | D.waste |
【小题12】A.teen | B.adult | C.old | D.adolescent |
【小题13】【小题14】A.mother | B.brother | C.father | D.child |
【小题15】【小题16】A.worried | B.puzzled | C.interested | D.attracted |
【小题17】A.especially | B.basically | C.hardly | D.specially |
【小题18】A.argued | B.searched | C.analyzed | D.thought |
【小题19】A.thoughts | B.ideas | C.minds | D.memories |
【小题20】A.treat | B.call | C.judge | D.feel |