完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

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

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第三节  完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

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

第三节  完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

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

Once many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming. Last week I received a telephone call from a woman who could not stop crying as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called me a hero.
That got me thinking about what a hero is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car? If so, how could I be a hero just because I wrote a story that saved someone’s life?
Today I looked up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see exactly what it meant. It read “a person who does something brave” and also “a person who is good and noble”.
That statement impressed me more than the part about being brave. So I thought about something very important. And I remembered what happened to me years ago.
After my marriage of twenty years ended, I was in such a condition. I was within hours trying to get up enough courage to end the pain and misery. When I returned home, someone had sent me a card in the mail which told me how much they would appreciate me as a friend. That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.
The many stories I kept writing in the following years saved the life of a teenage boy. In turn that makes the person who sent me the card a double hero. I suppose that is why I fight so hard to help the children now living in orphanages (孤儿院). Most children come out of these institutions with a very hard and bitter attitude against the world. The gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten. Hopefully, most of them will never hurt anyone because of the kindness shown to them by those of us who cared. If it works, we will also become "heroes".
【小题1】The main idea of the passage is _______________.

Many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming. Last week I received a telephone call from a woman who could not stop crying as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide. In closing she called me a hero.
That got me thinking about what a hero is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car? If so, how could I be a hero just because I wrote a story that saved someone’s life?
Today I looked up the word “hero” in the dictionary to see exactly what it meant. It read “a person who does something brave” and also “a person who is good and noble”.
That statement impressed me more than the part about being brave. So I thought about something very important. And I remembered what happened to me years ago.
After my marriage of twenty years ended, I was in such a condition. I was within hours trying to get up enough courage to end the pain and misery. When I returned home, someone had sent me a card in the mail which told me how much they would appreciate me as a friend. That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.
The many stories I kept writing in the following years saved the life of a teenage boy. In turn that makes the person who sent me the card a double hero. I suppose that is why I fight so hard to help the children now living in orphanages (孤儿院). Most children come out of these institutions with a very hard and bitter attitude against the world. The gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten. Hopefully, most of them will never hurt anyone because of the kindness shown to them by those of us who cared. If it works, we will also become "heroes".
【小题1】The main idea of the passage is _______________.