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As a young man, Al was a skilled artist．He had a wife and two fine sons．One night, his  oldest son developed a severe stomachache．Thinking it was only some   1  intestinal （腸內的）disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously．But the boy   2   suddenly that night．

       Knowing the death could have been   3   if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Al's emotional health became worse under the huge burden of his   4     To make matters worse his wile   5  him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son．The hurt and pain of the two   6   were more than Al could handle, and he   7   to alcohol．In time Al became an alcoholic．

       8___ the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he   9   — his home, his land, his art objects, everything．  10   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   11 ．

       As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier judgment．I knew Al's now   12   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   13   of love between them．I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere．

       I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his  14__．One day I worked __15_ my courage to ask him．"I'm really _16__ by something," I said．"I know your father was  17   _ the only one to raise you．What on earth did he do that you became such a special person?"

       Ernie sat quietly and _18_ for a few moments．Then he said, "From my earliest _19_ 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 __20_ 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．

1．A．certain                 B．common       C．rare                   D．basic

2．A．died                    B．choked          C．starved            D．worsened

3．A．cured                  B．prevented        C．forbidden          D．saved

4．A．disease            B．debt           C．guilt                 D．duty

5．A．left                  B．scolded        C．quarreled            D．forgave

6．A．disasters          B．adventures                                      C．conflicts           D．situations

7．A．got                B．drank          C．turned               D．sank

8．A．As               B．Though        C．Because              D．If

9．A．needed            B．shared         C．benefited           D．possessed

10．A．Eventually        B．Gradually        C．Therefore          D．Meanwhile

11．A．trouble              B．hardship            C．failure            D．waste

12．A．teen             B．adult             C．aged               D．adolescent

13．A．win           B．fall                    C．space               D．flow

14．A．mother          B．brother               C．father                 D．child

15．A．up                B．with                  C．on                D．through

16．A．worried        B．puzzled              C．interested           D．attracted

17．A．especially        B．basically             C．merely              D．specially

18．A．argued         B．searched             C．analyzed            D．reflected

19．A．thoughts       B．ideas                C．minds            D．memories

20．A．treat           B．call                  C．judge               D．feel

【回答】

1-5 BABCA     6-10 DCADA     11-15 CBDCA     16-20 BBDDC

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