阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
As a young man, Al was a skilled artist.He had a wife and two fine sons.One night, his oldest son 1a severe stomachache.Thinking it was only some 2intestinal （肠内的）disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very 3. But the boy 4suddenly that night.
Knowing the death could have been 5if 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 __6, 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 7were more than Al could handle, and he 8to alcohol.In time Al __9an alcoholic.
As the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he 10— his home, his land, his art works everything. 11Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.
When I heard of Al's death, I thought that Al's life was a complete 12. I thought. "What a totally wasted life".
As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier judgment.I knew Al's now adult son, Ernie.He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have 13known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free 14of 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 15my courage to ask him."I'm really 16by something," I said."I know your father was 17the only one to raise you.What on earth did he do that you became such a special person?"
Ernie sat quietly and 18for a few moments. Then he said, "From my earliest __19as 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 20Al 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.formed B.developed C.received D.gained
2.A. average B. normal C. ordinary D. common
3.A. slightly B. secretly C. seriously D. terribly
4.A.died B.choked C.starved D.worsened
5.A.cured B.prevented C.forbidden D.saved
6.A.better B.heavier C.worse D.happier
7.A.disasters B.adventures C. directions D.situations
8.A.got B.drank C.turned D.sank
9.A.turned B.became C.followed D.created
10.A.needed B.shared C.benefited D.possessed
11.A.Eventually B.Gradually C.Therefore D.Meanwhile
12.A.trouble B.hardship C.failure D.waste
13.A. never B. even C. still D. ever
14.A.win B.fall C.space D.flow
15.A.up B.with C.on D.through
16.A.worried B.puzzled 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.treat B.call C.judge D.feel
We tried hard, and eventually, we were able to get Mike ____us his car just for a day.
A. lending B. lend C. to lend D. lent
Susan started to clean the room; __________Lily was preparing lunch.
A. however B. but C. meanwhile D. when
Had you joined the caht room ten minutes ago, you would have known what we _______about then.
A. had talked B. have talked C. talk D. were talking
It is too bad for someone in such a high _______ in the government to behave badly in public.
A. position B. situation C. profession D. condition
----Why are your hands so dirty?
----I ____________in the garden.
A. was working B. have worked C. worked D. have been working
