Question

Peter was a potter (制陶工). He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son got a stomachache. At first, Peter and his wife thought the boy just got a bad cold, so they didn’t take it___________. But it was not a cold. It was terrible appendicitis(阑尾炎), and the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the death could not happen if he had taken the ill seriously, Peter was very sad and was _______of guilt(罪恶). Then his wife couldn’t accept the thing, so she left him alone with his six-year-old _________son.

Peter lost his two favourite persons. He felt no hope in the world and _________to alcohol(酒精). Then Peter became an alcoholic. As he drank more, Peter began to lose_______ he had---his home, his land and his work. Finally, Peter died alone in a San Francisco room. When I heard of Peter’s death, I thought he was a _______and wasted his life. As time went by, I began to know_________ I once thought was wrong. I knew Peter’s little son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the love _________them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere. I never heard Erine talk much about his father.

One day I asked him, ‘I’m really puzzled by something. I know your father was the only one to raise you. What on earth (究竟) did he do to make you become such a special person?’ Ernie sat quietly and smiled for a few _________. Then he said, “When I was a child, he came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ‘I love you, son.’ ”

Tears(眼泪) came into my eyes. Peter had not left any money ____________, but he had been a kind, loving father, and he left behind a legacy(遗产) of love.

1.A. serious B. seriously C. easy D. easily

2.A. fill B. filled C. full D. fulled

3.A. fine B. elder C. younger D. youngest

4.A. got B. turned C. came D. said

5.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

6.A. winner B. stranger C. traveller D. loser

7.A. that B. why C. what D. /

8.A. in B. between C. among D. with

9.A. years B. days C. minutes D. hours

10.A. back B. behind C. in front D. before

Answer 1