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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