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
11 intestinal （肠内的）disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously．But the boy
12 suddenly that night．
Knowing the death could have been
13 if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Al's emotional health became worse under the huge burden(重负) of his
14 .To make matters worse his wife
15 him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son．The hurt and pain of the two
16 were more than Al could handle, and he
17 to alcohol(烈酒)．In time Al became an alcoholic.
18__ the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he
19 — his home, his land, his art objects, everything．
20 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
21 ．
As time went by, I began to reconsider my earlier judgment．I knew Al's now
22 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
23 of love between them．I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere．
I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his
24__．One day I worked __
25 my courage to ask him．"I'm really
26__ by something," I said．"I know your father was
27 _ the only one to raise you．What on earth did he do that you became such a special person?"
Ernie sat quietly and _
28_ for a few moments．Then he said, "From my earliest _
29 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 _
_30_ 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 |
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| 小题2: | | A．dead | B．passed away | C．starved | D．worsened |
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| 小题3: | | A．cured | B．prevented | C．forbidden | D．saved |
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| 小题4: | | A．disease | B．debt | C．guilt | D．duty |
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| 小题5: | | A．left | B．scolded | C．quarreled | D．forgave |
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| 小题6: | | A．disasters | B．adventures | C．conflicts | D．situations |
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| 小题7: | | A．got | B．drank | C．turned | D．sank |
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| 小题8: | | A．As | B．Though | C．Because | D．If |
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| 小题9: | | A．needed | B．shared | C．benefited | D．owned |
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| 小题10: | | A．Eventually | B．Gradually | C．Therefore | D．Meanwhile |
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| 小题11: | | A．trouble | B．hardship | C．failure | D．waste |
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| 小题12: | | A．teen | B．adult | C．old | D．adolescent |
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| 小题14: | | A．mother | B．brother | C．father | D．child |
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| 小题16: | | A．worried | B．puzzled | C．interested | D．attracted |
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| 小题17: | | A．especially | B．basically | C．hardly | D．specially |
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| 小题18: | | A．argued | B．searched | C．analyzed | D．thought |
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| 小题19: | | A．thoughts | B．ideas | C．minds | D．memories |
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| 小题20: | | A．treat | B．call | C．judge | D．feel |
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