Question

【題目】 As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal(腸內(nèi)的)disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously. But the boy _______suddenly that night.

Knowing the death could have been _______if 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 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 Al could handle, and he turned to alcohol. In time Al became an alcoholic.

As the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he possessed—his home, his land, his art objects, everything. Eventually Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.

When I heard of Al's death, I thought that AI's life was a complete _______.As time went by, I began to re-evaluate(重新評(píng)價(jià))my earlier judgment. I knew Ai's now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I _______Ernie with his children and saw the free flow of 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 up my _______to ask him. "I’m really _______by something, "I said." I know your father was basically the only one to raise you. What on earth did he do to make you become such a special person?"

Ernie sat quietly and reflected for a few moments. Then he said, "From my earliest _______as 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 _______Al 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.chokedB.diedC.starvedD.worsened

【2】A.curedB.savedC.forbiddenD.prevented

【3】A.failureB.hardshipC.troubleD.waste

【4】A.identifiedB.watchedC.cateredD.treated

【5】A.beliefB.confidenceC.courageD.faith

【6】A.puzzledB.worriedC.interestedD.attracted

【7】A.thoughtsB.ideasC.mindsD.memories

【8】A.treatB.callC.judgeD.feel

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】A

【7】D

【8】C

【解析】

本文講述了作者因?yàn)椴涣私馐虑榈恼嫦嘣u(píng)判Al是個(gè)失敗者，可是在看到他的小兒子是個(gè)很有愛心，善良的人后，他的小兒子的一番話讓我重新審視Al，他不是個(gè)失敗者，他是個(gè)把世界上最好的愛給了兒子的好父親。

【1】句意：但是這個(gè)男孩那天晚上突然死了。

A. choked窒息；B. died死亡；C. starved挨餓；D. worsened惡化。根據(jù)下文“Knowing the death…”“知道這個(gè)死訊”可知是死了。故選B。

【2】句意：了解到他如果只要意識(shí)到這個(gè)情況的嚴(yán)重性，這個(gè)死亡就能阻止。

A. cured治療；B. saved拯救；C. forbidden禁止；D. prevented阻止。根據(jù)句意是指死亡能夠阻止。故選D。

【3】句意：當(dāng)我聽說了Al的死訊，我認(rèn)為他的一生是完全失敗的。

A. failure失��；失敗者；B. hardship苦難；C. trouble麻煩；D. waste浪費(fèi)。根據(jù)下文“Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to ___8___Al as a failure.”可知我認(rèn)為Al的人生是失敗的。故選A。

【4】句意：我看著Ernie和他的孩子們，看著他們之間流動(dòng)著自由的愛。

A. identified辨認(rèn)；B. watched看著；C. catered迎合；D. treated對(duì)待。根據(jù)“…and saw the free flow of love between them. ”“看著他們之間的愛”可知是看著他們。故選B。

【5】句意：有一天我鼓起勇氣問他。

A. belief信仰；B. confidence信心；C. courage勇氣；D. faith信念。根據(jù)上文“I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his father. ”我沒有聽過Ernie談過他父親。所以詢問他的父親是需要勇氣的。故選C。

【6】句意：我真的被一些東西困擾了。

A. puzzled困惑的；B. worried擔(dān)心的；C. interested感興趣的；D. attracted吸引的。根據(jù)下文“What on earth did he do to make you become such a special person.”他到底做了什么讓你變成一個(gè)這么特別的人�？芍�，我是很困惑的。故選A。

【7】句意：從我孩提時(shí)的最早的記憶到18歲離家時(shí)。

A. thoughts想法；B. ideas主意；C. minds意見；D. memories記憶。根據(jù)下文“Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, I love you, son.”Al每晚來我房間親吻我并對(duì)我說晚安。可知是記憶。故選D。

【8】句意：當(dāng)我意識(shí)到我評(píng)判Al是個(gè)失敗者是多么愚蠢的時(shí)候，眼淚涌出了我的眼睛。

A. treat對(duì)待；B. call呼叫；C. judge評(píng)判；D. feel感覺。根據(jù)句意指評(píng)判他是個(gè)失敗者。故選C。

完型填空的做題方法是：第一，通讀全文，掌握大概意思；第二，聯(lián)系上下文，理解空格單詞的意思和詞性；第三，選項(xiàng)之間比較，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。如第3題，要通過閱讀全文并根據(jù)下文才知道他的人生是失敗的。如第8題，在讀完全文才知道是評(píng)判Al是個(gè)失敗者。