题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
江苏省连云港市2018-2019学年高二上学期英语期末考试试卷
As a young man, Albert was a skilled artist, a potter with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son 1 a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some 2 intestinal (肠的) disorder, neither Albert nor his wife took the condition very 3. But the boy died suddenly that night.
Knowing the death could have been 4 if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was 5 . 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 6 were more than Albert could stand, and he 7 alcohol for help. 8 Albert became an alcoholic.
As the alcoholism 9 , Albert began to lose everything he 10 —his land, house, etc. Finally Albert died alone in a small 11.
Hearing of Albert's death, I thought, "What a totally 12 life! What a complete failure!"
As time went by, I began to 13 my earlier rough judgement. I knew Albert's now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I saw the love between Ernie and his children, thinking that 14 and caring had to come from 15 .
I hadn't heard Ernie talked much about his father. One day, I 16 my courage to ask him what on earth his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said 17, "As a child 18 I left home at 18, Albert came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, 'love you, son.'"
Tears came to my eyes as I realized 19 a fool I had been to judge Albert as a failure. He had not left any 20 possessions behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.
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