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  21  a severe stomachache.Thinking it was only some   22  intestinal (肠内的)disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very  23  . But the boy   24   suddenly that night.

       Knowing the death could have been   25   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 __26  , 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   27    were more than Al could handle, and he   28    to alcohol.In time Al __29  an alcoholic.

       As the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he   30    — his home, his land, his art works everything.   31    Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.

       When I heard of Al's death, I thought that Al's life was a complete  32  .  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  33  known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free   34   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 35  my courage to ask him."I'm really  36  by something," I said."I know your father was  37  the only one to raise you.What on earth did he do that you became such a special person?"

       Ernie sat quietly and  38  for a few moments. Then he said, "From my earliest __39  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  40  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.

21.A.formed              B.developed               C.received                D.gained

22.A. average          B. normal               C. ordinary           D. common

23.A. slightly          B. secretly       C. seriously           D. terribly

24.A.died                   B.choked                   C.starved                        D.worsened

25.A.cured                  B.prevented               C.forbidden              D.saved

26.A.better               B.heavier                   C.worse                           D.happier

27.A.disasters            B.adventures               C. directions                    D.situations

28.A.got                   B.drank                    C.turned                         D.sank

29.A.turned               B.became                  C.followed                       D.created

30.A.needed              B.shared                   C.benefited               D.possessed

31.A.Eventually          B.Gradually                C.Therefore              D.Meanwhile

32.A.trouble                B.hardship                  C.failure                        D.waste

33.A. never                   B. even                 C. still                D. ever

34.A.win                B.fall                          C.space                    D.flow

35.A.up                   B.with                        C.on                             D.through

36.A.worried             B.puzzled                    C.interested               D.attracted

37.A.especially           B.basically                   C.merely                  D.specially

38.A.argued               B.searched                  C.analyzed                 D.reflected

39.A.thoughts            B.ideas                       C.minds                   D.memories

40.A.treat                 B.call                        C.judge                             D.feel

Mickey was a cheerful boy. He didn’t  36  whatever people said to him. He never  37

anyone. Even our teachers liked his  38  . I always wondered why he never got  39  . I found the secret in his bedroom.,

When I first came to Mickey’s house, I was  40  to the wall of his bedroom.The huge wall was a unique collage (拼贴画) of thousands of  41  and shapes! “Some people at school think I never think  42  of anyone.”Mickey started to  43  to me, “and that nothing at all bothers me, but that’s not  44  . I used to get angry easily. But years ago,  45  the help of my  parents.I started a small collage.I could  46  any kind of material and color for it.On every little piece I stuck I  47  some bad thoughts.”

I looked  48  at the wall. In each one of the small pieces I could read,in tiny  49 ,    “fool”, “idiot”, “pain”,“  50  ”, and a thousand other negative thing.

     “Now I like the collage so much that, each time someone makes me angry, I couldn’t be  51  . They've given me a new piece for my work of art.”

I never  52  how an ordinary classmate had shown me the secret of changing the  53  times into a chance to smile.On that very day, I began my own  54 . I recommended it to my friends and we all became more  55  .

1.A.think     B.mind     C.respect     D.believe

2.A.hurt      B.accepted  C.helped     D.begged

3.A.head     B.body     C.score       D.character

4.A.proud    B.excited    C.angry      D.surprised

5.A.changed  B.attracted   C.annoyed    D.stopped

6.A.places    B.spots     C.photos      D.colors

7.A.badly    B.seriously   C.easily      D.fully

8.A.show    B.explain     C.point      D.shout

9.A.bad     B.perfect      C.true       D.obvious

10.A.  for     B.with        C.on        D.at

11. A.use     B.enjoy       C.receive    D.plan

12.A.got     B.lost         C.found     D.added

13.A.closely   B.completely   C.quickly      D.slowly

14.A.letters    B. signs        C.notes       D.names

15.A.luck     B.pleasure      C.bore        D.fun

16.A.busier    B.sadder       C.happier      D.smarter

17.A.spoke    B.judged       C.remembered  D.forgot

18.A.mad     B.difficult      C.popular      D.good

19.A.collage   B.painting      C.design      D.dance

20.A.cheerful  B.careful       C.powerful     D.thoughtful

 

The hardworking blacksmith Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard-working was he that at times he would make the sparks(火星) fly from his hammer.

     The son of Mr.Smith, a rich neighbour, used to come to see the blacksmith every day and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how the tradesman worked.

     “ Young man, why don’t you try your hand to learn to make shoe tacks (钉) , even if it is only to pass the time ? ” said the blacksmith. “ Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you .”

     The lazy boy began to see what he could do. But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.

     Old Mr. Smith died and the son on account of the war lost all his goods. He had to leave home and was forced to live in another country. It so happened that in this village there were many shoemakers who were spending a lot of money buying tacks for their shoes and even at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers’ shoes.

     Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn his daily bread, remembered that once upon a time he had learned the art of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in the workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he was soon making the finest tacks in the village.

     “ How funny it seems, ” he used to say, “ even making tacks can make money. My trade is more useful to me than all my former riches.”

1.The young man learnt to make shoe tacks because ___________.

   A. his father told him to             B. he wanted to learn a skill

   C. Jones encouraged him to          D. he just wanted to pass his time

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?

   A. Old Mr. Smith enjoyed making the shoe tacks.

   B. The blacksmith had predicted the young man would be in need of the skill.

   C. The higher prices they paid, the more tacks the shoemakers would get.

   D. The young man earned his living by his skills learnt when he was young.

3.What can we learn from the story ?

   A. Practice makes perfect.        

 B. Skill makes life easy.

   C. A good beginning makes good ending.

   D. Every man has his gift.

 

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