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As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal(肠的)disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very . But the boy suddenly that night.

Knowing the death could have been avoided if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was . 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 , and he turned to alcohol for help. In time Al became a(n) .

As the alcoholism progressed, AL began to everything he possessed — his land, house, etc. Finally Al died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Al's death, I thought, "What a totally life! What a complete failure! "

As time went by, I began to my earlier rough judgment. I knew Al'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 kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.

I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his . One day, I worked up my to ask him what on earth his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly, “As a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ‘love you, son.’”

Tears came to my eyes as I realized that I had been a to judge Al as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and his best love.

1.A. angrily B. seriously C. easily D. happily

2.A. recovered B. laughed C. died D. cried

3.A. guilty B. happy C. experienced D. curious

4.A. expect B. see C. hear D. stand

5.A. beggar B. smoker C. worker D. alcoholic

6.A. lose B. donate C. spend D. save

7.A. successful B. limited C. satisfactory D. wasted

8.A. reuse B. revalue C. repeat D. recognize

9.A. mother B. brother C. father D. son

10.A. laughter B. courage C. shyness D. belief

11.A. fool B. winner C. wiser D. angel

12.A. left out B. take away C. left behind D. take out

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.C

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试题分析:本文是一片记叙文,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,事情并不是她想的那样。

1.考察副词辨析A. angrily 生气地;B. Seriously严肃地;C. Easily轻松地;D. Happily高兴地。根据上下文可知,AL的大儿子胃疼的厉害,考虑到可能是肠子紊乱了,所以al和妻子都不认为这个情况很严重,故选B

2.2】考察动词辨析。A. Recovered恢复;B. Laughed笑了;C. Died死了;D. Cried哭。根据第二段Knowing the death可知,这里大儿子是死了,故选C

3.3】考察形容词辨析A. guilty 有罪的;B. happy 高兴地;C. Experienced有经验的;D. Curious好奇的。根据语境,上文说到AL以为孩子的病不严重于是没有采取措施,可是孩子后来死了,AL明明可以避免这种事发生的,可是他没有做,所以这里他感觉到自己有罪过的。

4.4】考察动词辨析。A. Expect期待;B. See看见;C. Hear听见;D. Stand站、忍受。AL的孩子去世了,这是一件悲伤的事情,然而很快他的妻子也离开了他,这对于他来说是不能受的住的打击。故选D

5. Beggar乞丐;B. Smoker吸烟者;C. Worker工人;D. Alcoholic酗酒的人。结合上一句可知,AL向酒精寻求帮助,所以,他变成了酒鬼。故选D

6.6】考察动词辨析A. Lose输;B. Donate捐献;C. Spend花费;D. Save节省。结合语境。这里AL成为了酒鬼,当酒精占领了他的人生的时候,他开始输掉一切他拥有的东西,土地、房屋等。故选A

7.7】考察词语辨析A. Successful成功的;B. limited 有限的;C. Satisfactory满意; D. Wasted浪费了的。结合语境,AL在经历了这一切的打击之后,变成了一个酒鬼,终日喝酒最后输掉了自己的人生,所以作者认为这是一场浪费了的生命。故选D

8.8】考察动词辨析。A. Reuse再利用;B. revalue 再评价;C. repeat 重复D.Recognize认识、意识到。根据最后一段第一句Tears came to my eyes as I realized that I had been a to judge Al as a failure. 当我意识到我很傻的认为AL的人生很失败,眼泪流了下来。从这里可以推断,上文时间流逝,我逐渐意识到我对AL的评价是很粗心的。故选D

9.9】考察联系上下文。上一段开始,作者逐渐意识到自己对于AL的评价有问题了,所以这里应该是指的是AL也就是Ernie的父亲,故选C。

10.0】考察名词辨析。A. Laughter笑声;B. Courage勇气;C. Shyness羞怯;D. Belief信念。结合语境来看,Ernie从来没有提起过自己的父亲,所以作者这里应该是鼓起勇气去问他关于他父亲的事情。故选B

11.1】考察名词辨析。A. Fool傻子;B. Winner冠军;C. Wiser智者;D. Angel天使。作者听到Ernie讲起他眼中的父亲,发现自己像傻子一样地认为AL的人生很失败。故选A

12.2】考察动词短语辨析A. left out遗漏;B. take away拿走;C. left behind 丢弃、留下;D. take out取出、除去。结合语境,AL虽然没有留下多少财产,但是他是一个慈祥的受敬爱的父亲,他把他最好的爱留给了儿子。故选C

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