题型:完形填空 题类:模拟题 难易度:困难
重庆市江津2021届高三下学期英语5月全真模拟考试试卷(含听力音频)
As a young man, Alex was a skilled artist, a potter with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a1stomachache. Thinking it was only some commonintestinal (肠的) 2, neither Alex nor his wife 3 the condition very seriously. 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 situations were more than Alex could 6, and he turned to alcohol for help.
As the alcoholism progressed, Alex began to lose everything he 7 -- his land, house, etc. Finally Alex died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Alex's death, I thought, "What a totally wasted life! What a complete 8! "
As time went by, I began to 9 my earlier rough judgement. I knew Alex's now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most10, most loving men I have ever known. I saw the love between Ernie and his children, 11 that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.
One day, I 12 my courage to ask him what on earth his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said 13, "As a child until I left home at 18, Alex came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, "love you, son."
Tears came to my eyes as I realized what I had been a fool to 14 Alex as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and left behind his best 15.
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