题目内容：

    As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter. He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his oldest son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some ________ intestinal (肠内的) disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously. But it was actually acute appendicitis (急性阑尾炎), and 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 deteriorated under the huge burden 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 to help him cope, thus in time Al became an alcoholic.

________ the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he ________—his home, his land and his art objects. Al ________ died alone in a San Francisco motel room.

When I heard of Al’s death, I reacted with the same disdain the world shows for one who ends his life with nothing to show for it. “What a complete ________ he is!” I thought. “What a totally wasted life!”

As time went by, I began to re-evaluate 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 to make you become 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 judge Al as a failure. He had not left any ________ 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. (423words)

1.A.certain B.average C.rare D.common

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

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

4.A.disease B.guilt C.pressure D.duty

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

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

7.A.got B.drank C.turned D.sank

8.A.As B.Though C.Because D.If

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

10.A.accidentally B.gradually C.eventually D.immediately

11.A.trouble B.failure C.disaster D.rubbish

12.A.teen B.adolescent C.aged D.adult

13.A.will B.fall C.flow D.space

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

15.A.with B.up C.on D.through

16.A.puzzled B.worried 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.spiritual B.material C.memorable D.emotional