Question

    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 death could not happen if he had taken the ill seriously, Peter was very sad    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. As he drank more, Peter began to lose_______ he had---his home, his land and his work. Finally, Peter died alone 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 father.

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 eyes. 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. fill B. filled C. full D. fulled

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

4.A. got B. turned C. came D. said

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

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

7.A. that B. why C. what D. /

8.A. in B. between C. among D. with

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

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

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.C

9.C

10.B

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述彼得的大儿子去世后，他的妻子离开了他，他开始酗酒并且失去了身边的每一个东西。我之前认为他是一个失败者，但是后来通过他的小儿子的描述后才发现，他也是善良的慈爱的，并留下了爱的遗产。

1.句意“最初，彼得和他的妻子认为这个小男孩仅仅得了重感冒，所以他们没有严肃对待它”。本题考查形容词副词辨析。A.严肃的（形容词）；B.严肃地（副词）；C.容易的（形容词）；D.容易地（副词）。空处修饰动词take，用副词，且根据take seriously严肃对待可知，故选B。

2.句意“彼得知道，如果他严肃对待这个疾病，死亡就不会发生，他非常悲伤并且充满了罪恶”。A.充满；B.充满（过去时）；C.满的（形容词）；D.fulled单词错误。根据be full of充满可知，故选C。

3.句意“她离开了他和小六岁的儿子”。本题考查形容词辨析。A.好的；B.老的；C.较小的，年轻的；D.最小的。根据One night, his older son got a stomachache可知，他的大儿子得了阑尾炎去世了，所以这是较小的儿子，故选C。

4.句意“他感觉到世界上没有希望了，并且开始转向喝酒”。本题考查动词短语辨析。A.get to到达；B.turn to转变；C.来；D.对……说。根据句意可知，他转向酒精，变成酒鬼，故选B。

5.句意“当他喝得越多，他开始失去每一个他所拥有的东西”。本题考查不定代词辨析。A.每一件事；B.用于肯定句中译为“一些事”，用于疑问句中表示建议，并希望得到对方肯定回答，译为“一些东西”；C.用于肯定句中译为“任何东西”，用于否定句和疑问句中译为“一些东西”；D.没有东西。根据his home, his land and his work可知，他失去了家、土地和工作，所以指“每一个东西”，故选A。

6.句意“当我听到彼得的死，我认为他是一个失败者”。本题考查名词辨析。A.胜利者；B.陌生人；C.旅行者；D.失败者。根据全文可知，彼得失去了家人和他所拥有的一切，所以我感觉他是一个失败者，故选D。

7.句意“随着时间的推移，我开始知道我曾经想的是错误的”。根据句式可知，know后接宾语从句，且从句中thought后缺宾语，指物，用what，故选C。

8.句意“我看到欧尼和他的孩子们，并且看到他们之间的爱”。A.在……里；B.在……之间（两者之间）；C.在……之间（三者或三者以上之间）；D.和。根据句意可知，译为“在他们之间”，且根据Ernie with his children可知，表示三者或三者以上之间，故选C。

9.句意“欧尼轻轻地坐下，并笑了几分钟”。本题考查名词辨析。A.年；B.天；C.分钟；D.小时。根据句意以及常识可知，表示“笑了几分钟”，故选C。

10.句意“彼得没有留下任何的钱财，但是他留下了一个善良的、慈爱的父亲，并且他留下了爱的遗产”。A.返回；B.在……后边；C.在……前面；D.在……之前。根据leave behind留下可知，故选B。