Passage 3 （河北省正定中学2010届高三下学期第二次月考）完形填空

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.

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

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

       d       ed

   ted     den    

    r           r

ers      ures    C. directions      ions

                

           ed      d

         ted      sed

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

e     ip    e      

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

               

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d     d?     sted     ted

ally     lly           lly

      ed    ed     ted

ts               es

            

答案：21---25BDCAB             26---30  CDCBD        31---35 ACDDA           36---40  BBDDC