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Peter was a potter (制陶工). He had a wife and two fine sons. One night， his older son got a stomachache. At first， Peter and his wife thought the boy just got a bad cold， so they didn’t take it  ________ . But it was not a cold. It was terrible appendicitis(阑尾炎)， and the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the ________   could not happen if he had taken the ill seriously， Peter was very ________  and was ________of guilt(罪恶). Then his wife couldn’t accept the thing， so she left him alone with his six-year-old ________ son.

Peter lost his two favourite persons. He felt no hope in the world and   ________ to alcohol(酒精). Then Peter became an alcoholic(酒鬼). As he drank more， Peter began to lose ________ he had---his home， his land and his work. Finally， Peter died ________ in a San Francisco room. When I heard of Peter’s death， I thought he was a   ________ and wasted his life. As time went by， I began to know ________   I once thought was wrong. I knew Peter’s little 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 love   ________ them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere. I never heard Erine talk much about his ________.

One day I asked him， ‘ I’m really puzzled by something. I know your father was the only one to raise you. What on earth (究竟) did he do to make you become such a special person?’ Ernie sat quietly and smiled for a few   ________  . Then he said， “When I was a child， he came into my room every night， gave me a kiss and said， ‘I love you， son.’ ”

Tears(眼泪) came into my   ________   . Peter had not left any money ________ ， but he had been a kind， loving father， and he left behind a legacy(遗产) of love.

1.A. serious     B. seriously      C. easy          D. easily

2.A. dead          B. died            C. death          D. die

3.A. happy        B. sad            C. bored          D. tired

4.A. fill          B. filled         C. full           D. fulled

5.A. fine          B. elder           C. younger       D. youngest

6.A. got          B. turned          C. came          D. said

7.A. everything   B. something       C. anything       D. nothing

8.A. slowly       B. alone         C. hopefully     D. happily

9.A. winner       B. stranger        C.traveller       D. loser

10.A. that        B. why             C. what           D.  /

11.A. in          B. between        C. among         D. with

12.A. father      B. mother          C. brother       D. sister

13.A. years        B. days          C. minutes        D. hours

14.A. eyes        B. ears            C. hands         D. feet

15.A. back        B. behind          C. in front       D. before