Question

【題目】The young artist and potter Allan had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Neither Allan nor his wife took the condition very 【1】 (serious), but the boy died suddenly that night.

Knowing the death could 【2】 (avoid) if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was guilty. Worse still, his wife left him a short time later, 【3】 (leave) him alone with his 6-year-old younger son. Unable to stand the hurt and pain, he turned to alcohol and became 【4】 alcoholic.

As the alcoholism 【5】 (progress), Allan began to lose everything he possessed and finally died alone in a small bar. Hearing of his death, I thought, “【6】 a complete failure!”

As time went by, I began to revalue my 【7】 (early) rough judgment. I knew Allan’s now adult son, Ernie, one of the kindest and most caring men I’ve ever known. I hadn’t heard him talk much about his father. One day, I worked up my courage to ask him what 【8】 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, Allan came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ‘love you, son’.”

Tears came to my eyes as I realized what I had been a fool to judge Allan 【9】 a failure. He had not left any material 【10】 (possess) behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】seriously

【2】have been avoided

【3】leaving

【4】an

【5】progressed

【6】What

【7】earlier

【8】on

【9】as

【10】Possessions

【解析】本文講述了畫家和陶瓷師Allan在長子和妻子相繼去世后酗酒最后在一個小酒吧孤獨的死去，作者由此評判Allan是一個徹底的失敗者，但是作者所不知道的事Allan的愛使他的小兒子成為了一個善良，有愛心的人。由此作者意識到不應(yīng)該這樣評判Allan。

【1】seriously考查副詞，由后半句but the boy died suddenly that night可知Allan和妻子對于長子的病情沒有給予認(rèn)真地對待。故填seriously。

【2】have been avoided考查時態(tài)語態(tài)，根據(jù)句意：如果他意識到這種情況的嚴(yán)重性，他就會知道死亡是可以避免的。應(yīng)該用現(xiàn)在完成時態(tài)的被動語態(tài)，故填have been avoided。

【3】leaving考查非謂語動詞的用法，根據(jù)句意：更糟糕的是，他的妻子在很短的時間內(nèi)離開了他，留下他和六歲的小兒子孤獨的在一起。動詞ing形式在狀語，故填leaving。

【4】an考查冠詞，一個酒鬼an alcoholic，以元音讀音開始，用不定冠詞，故填an。

【5】progressed考查時態(tài)，整篇文章都是在講述過去的情況，故用一般過去時態(tài)，故填progressed。

【6】What考查感嘆句，固定句型what+名詞，故填what。

【7】earlier考查形容詞，根據(jù)as time went by，可知作者在重新考量先前的粗略判斷。故填earlier。

【8】on考查固定搭配，根據(jù)句意：他的父親究竟做了什么使他成為一個如此特別的人。on earth究竟，到底。故填on。

【9】as考查固定搭配，根據(jù)句意：我意識到我是一個愚蠢的人，認(rèn)為Allan是一個失敗者。Judge…as…把…認(rèn)作…，故填as。

【10】possessions考查名詞，根據(jù)句意：他沒有留下任何物質(zhì)財產(chǎn)。財產(chǎn)possession是可數(shù)名詞，故填possessions。