Question

    As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common 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 of his guilt. To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could handle, and he turned to alcohol. In time Al became an alcoholic.

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

When I heard of Al's death, I thought that AI's life was a complete _______.As time went by, I began to re-evaluate(重新评价)my earlier judgment. I knew Ai's now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I _______Ernie with his children and saw the free flow of love between them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.

I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his father. One day I worked up my _______to ask him. "I’m really _______by something, "I said." I know your father was basically the only one to raise you. What on earth did he do to make you become such a special person?"

Ernie sat quietly and reflected 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.

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

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

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

4.A.identified B.watched C.catered D.treated

5.A.belief B.confidence C.courage D.faith

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

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

8.A.treat B.call C.judge D.feel

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.C

【解析】

本文讲述了作者因为不了解事情的真相评判Al是个失败者，可是在看到他的小儿子是个很有爱心，善良的人后，他的小儿子的一番话让我重新审视Al，他不是个失败者，他是个把世界上最好的爱给了儿子的好父亲。

1.句意：但是这个男孩那天晚上突然死了。

A. choked窒息；B. died死亡；C. starved挨饿；D. worsened恶化。根据下文“Knowing the death…”“知道这个死讯”可知是死了。故选B。

2.句意：了解到他如果只要意识到这个情况的严重性，这个死亡就能阻止。

A. cured治疗；B. saved拯救；C. forbidden禁止；D. prevented阻止。根据句意是指死亡能够阻止。故选D。

3.句意：当我听说了Al的死讯，我认为他的一生是完全失败的。

A. failure失败；失败者；B. hardship苦难；C. trouble麻烦；D. waste浪费。根据下文“Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to ___8___Al as a failure.”可知我认为Al的人生是失败的。故选A。

4.句意：我看着Ernie和他的孩子们，看着他们之间流动着自由的爱。

A. identified辨认；B. watched看着；C. catered迎合；D. treated对待。根据“…and saw the free flow of love between them. ”“看着他们之间的爱”可知是看着他们。故选B。

5.句意：有一天我鼓起勇气问他。

A. belief信仰；B. confidence信心；C. courage勇气；D. faith信念。根据上文“I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his father. ”我没有听过Ernie谈过他父亲。所以询问他的父亲是需要勇气的。故选C。

6.句意：我真的被一些东西困扰了。

A. puzzled困惑的；B. worried担心的；C. interested感兴趣的；D. attracted吸引的。根据下文“What on earth did he do to make you become such a special person.”他到底做了什么让你变成一个这么特别的人。可知，我是很困惑的。故选A。

7.句意：从我孩提时的最早的记忆到18岁离家时。

A. thoughts想法；B. ideas主意；C. minds意见；D. memories记忆。根据下文“Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, I love you, son.”Al每晚来我房间亲吻我并对我说晚安。可知是记忆。故选D。

8.句意：当我意识到我评判Al是个失败者是多么愚蠢的时候，眼泪涌出了我的眼睛。

A. treat对待；B. call呼叫；C. judge评判；D. feel感觉。根据句意指评判他是个失败者。故选C。