Question

    Father's Love

As a young man, Jack was an excellent artist with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son had a serious stomachache. Thinking it was only some_______disease (疾病)，Jack and his wife didn't take the boy to the hospital. But the boy_______suddenly that night.

Jack realized that if he took his son to the hospital in time, the boy's death could be_______.So he always felt guilty(内疚的)。Even worse, a short time later his wife left him, _______him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Jack could_______, and he turned to alcohol (酒精) for help. Soon Jack became an alcoholic.

Gradually，his health and life became_______and Jack began to lose everything he owned his land, house, etc. _______Jack died alone in a small bar (酒吧). Hearing of Jack's death, I thought, "What a waste of life! What a complete (彻底的)_______!"

_______time went by, I began to change my earlier simple judgement (评价).I knew Jack's now adult son, Bill. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most________men I have ever known. I saw the love between Bill and his children. 1 thought that Bill's kindness and caring must come from________.

I hadn't heard Bill talk much________his father. One day, I asked him what on earth (究竟) his father had done so that he became such a special person. Bill said quietly, As a child until I left home at 18，my father came into my________every night, gave me a kiss and said, "love you, son."

Tears came to my eyes as I________I was a fool before. I had ever thought Jack was a complete failure. He didn't leave valuable things behind, ________he was a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.

1.A.terrible B.common C.unusual D.heavy

2.A.died B.left C.disappeared D.woke

3.A.chosen B.refused C.avoided D.canceled

4.A.throwing B.telling C.forgetting D.leaving

5.A.stand B.understand C.get D.find

6.A.better B.weaker C.worse D.finer

7.A.Finally B.Normally C.Firstly D.Slowly

8.A.illness B.problem C.failure D.trouble

9.A.Since B.Unless C.Although D.As

10.A.careful B.loving C.humorous D.hard-working

11.A.anywhere B.somewhere C.everywhere D.nowhere

12.A.about B.to C.with D.for

13.A.classroom B.sitting-room C.bathroom D.bedroom

14.A.remembered B.regarded C.agreed D.realized

15.A.and B.so C.but D.or

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.D

15.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个父亲在接二连三的打击之下开始酗酒成为酒鬼并且败光家产，因此被作者认为是失败的人生。可是后来，通过了解到父亲对儿子的爱，才让作者了解到，事情并不是他想象的那样。

1.

句意：杰克和他的妻子认为这只是一种常见病。

terrible糟糕的；common普通的；unusual不寻常的；heavy重的；根据句意理解及后句Jack and his wife didn’t take the boy to the hospital.可知，这里说的是“常见的病”，故选B。

2.

句意：但那晚男孩突然死了。

died死；left离开；disappeared消失；woke醒来；根据句意理解及后句Jack realized that if he took his son to the hospital in time, the boy’s death could be可知，这里表达的是“死”，故选A。

3.

句意：如果他及时把儿子送到医院，那男孩的死亡可能就会避免了。

chosen选择；refused拒绝；avoided避免；canceled取消；根据句意理解及前句Jack realized that if he took his son to the hospital in time可知，这里指的是“避免”，故选C。

4.

句意：留下他一个人和他6岁的小儿子在一起。

throwing仍；telling告诉；forgetting忘记；leaving留下，剩下；根据句意理解及前句Even worse, a short time later his wife left him可知，这里表达的是“留下”，故选D。

5.

句意：这两种情况的伤害和痛苦让杰克无法忍受。

stand忍受；understand理解；get得到；find发现；根据句意理解及句子主语The hurt and pain of the two situations可知，这里表达的是“忍受”，故选A。

6.

句意：渐渐地，他的健康和生活变得更糟。

better更好的；weaker更弱的；worse更坏的；finer更好的；根据句意理解及后句Jack began to lose everything he owned his land, house, etc.可知，这里表达的是“更坏的”，故选C。

7.

句意：最后，杰克独自一人死在一个小酒吧里。

Finally最后；Normally正常地；Firstly首先；Slowly慢慢地；根据句意理解及后句Jack died alone in a small bar.可知，这里表达的是“最后”，故选A。

8.

句意：多么彻底的失败！

illness疾病；problem问题；failure失败；trouble麻烦；根据前文的描述以及后文的I had ever thought Jack was a complete failure.可知，这里指的是“失败”，故选C。

9.

句意：随着时间的推移。

Since自从；Unless除非；Although虽然；As随着，当……时；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“随着时间的推移”，所以应该用as，故选D。

10.

句意：他是我所认识的最善良、最体贴、最有爱心的人之一。

careful仔细的；loving有爱的；humorous幽默的；hard-working努力工作的；根据句意理解及后句I saw the love between Bill and his children.可知，这里指的是“有爱的”，故选B。

11.

句意：我想比尔的善良和关心一定来自某个地方。

anywhere任何地方；somewhere某个地方；everywhere到处；nowhere无处；根据句意理解及后文Bill said quietly, As a child until I left home at 18，my father came into my___13___every night, gave me a kiss and said, “love you, son.”可知，这里表达的是“某个地方”，且句子是肯定句，所以应该用somewhere，故选B。

12.

句意：我没听比尔过多的谈论过有关他父亲的事。

about关于；to朝，向；with有；for为了；根据句意理解及空格前的talk可知，这里构成的是talk about的结构，表示“谈论”，故选A。

13.

句意：父亲每天晚上都会走进我的卧室，吻我一下，然后说：“爱你，儿子。”

classroom教室；sitting-room客厅；bathroom浴室；bedroom卧室；根据句意理解及空格后的部分every night, gave me a kiss and said, “love you, son.”可知，这里表达的是“卧室”，故选D。

14.

句意：当我意识到我以前是个傻瓜时，我的眼睛里涌出了泪水。

remembered记住；regarded认为；agreed同意；realized意识到；根据句意理解及后句I had ever thought Jack was a complete failure.可知，这里表达的是“意识到”，故选D。

15.

句意：他没有留下宝贵的东西，但他是一个慈爱的父亲，并留下了他最好的爱。

and和；so所以；but但是；or或者；根据句意理解可知，He didn’t leave valuable things behind与he was a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.前后是转折关系，所以这里应该用表示转折关系的连词，故选C。