Question

【题目】 As a young man, Al was a famous artist with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his elder son had a bad stomach ache. Thinking it was only some _______ trouble, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously. But the boy died suddenly that night.

Knowing the child could have been _______ if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was guilty. To make matters worse, his wife _________ him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and _________ of the two situations were more than Al could stand（忍受）, and he turned to alcohol（酒精）for _______. In time Al became an alcoholic.

Drinking too much alcohol, Al began to lose _________ he possessed（拥有）—his land, house, etc. Finally Al died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Al’s_________ , I thought, “What a wasted life! What a complete failure!”

As time went by, I knew Al’s now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the _________ , most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I saw the _________ between Ernie and his children, thinking that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.

I hadn’t heard Ernie talked much about his father. One day, I asked him what on 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, my __________ came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ‘Love you, son.’”

【1】A.usualB.commonC.specialD.serious

【2】A.savedB.takenC.killedD.brought

【3】A.helpedB.askedC.lovedD.left

【4】A.happinessB.luckC.painD.fun

【5】A.helpB.interestC.sadnessD.work

【6】A.somethingB.anythingC.nothingD.everything

【7】A.lifeB.deathC.healthD.happiness

【8】A.busiestB.richestC.kindestD.smartest

【9】A.loveB.hateC.helpD.work

【10】A.brotherB.fatherC.sisterD.friend

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【6】D

【7】B

【8】C

【9】A

【10】B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Al是一位有两个儿子的艺术家。由于大意，他的长子病死了；正在Al悲伤难过之际，他的妻子也离开了他。Al悲伤绝望，酗酒度日，几个月后死在一个小酒吧里。我认为Al是一个彻底的失败者，但后来从Al的小儿子身上看到了Al曾经给予孩子的关爱，改变了对Al的看法。

【1】句意：Al和他的妻子都认为这只是普通的疾病，都没有认真对待这个情况。

考查形容词辨析。usual通常的；common普通的；special特别的；serious严肃的。根据下文“neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously”可知Al和他的妻子都没有认真对待长子的胃疼，因此夫妻俩都认为这只是普通的疾病，故选B。

【2】句意：他知道如果他意识到情况的严重性，孩子本可以得以挽救，他总是感到内疚。

考查动词的过去分词辨析。saved挽救；taken带走；killed杀害；brought带来。分析题干可知，此处四个动词都是过去分词的形式；根据下文“if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation”可知如果他意识到情况的严重性，孩子本可以得以挽救，故选A。

【3】句意：更糟糕的是，不久他的妻子也离开了他，只留下他和六岁的小儿子相依为命。

考查动词辨析。helped帮助；asked询问；loved爱；left离开。根据句意和下文的“leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son”可知只剩下他和六岁的小儿子相依为命，所以他的妻子离开了他，故选D。

【4】句意：这两种情况的伤害和痛苦让Al无法承受，于是他从酒中寻找慰藉。

考查名词辨析。happiness幸福；luck运气；pain痛苦；fun乐趣。分析句子成分可知，此处应和前面名词hurt伤害并列，所以也用表示不幸的名词；又因下文“the two situations were more than Al could stand”可知这两种情况所带来的伤痛让Al无法承受，所以此处用名词“痛苦”，故选C。

【5】句意：这两种情况的伤害和痛苦让Al无法承受，于是他从酒中寻找慰藉。

考查名词辨析及短语搭配。help帮助；interest兴趣；sadness悲伤；work工作。根据句意和上文“and he turned to alcohol（酒精）for”可知，此处需要一个名词，构成turn to...for help“向……寻求帮助”的短语，故选A。

【6】句意：Al大量饮酒，他开始失去自己拥有的一切东西——他的土地、房屋等等。

考查不定代词辨析。something某物；anything任何事物；nothing没什么；everything一切。根据句意和下文的“he possessed（拥有）—his land, house, etc.”可知他的土地、房屋等都是他所拥有的一切东西，故选D。

【7】句意：听闻Al的死讯，我想：“多么没有意义的一生！真是彻底的失败！”

考查名词辨析。life生命、生活；death死亡；health健康；happiness幸福。根据句意和上文“Finally Al died alone in a small bar”可知Al死在一个小酒吧里，此处表示Al的死亡，故选B。

【8】句意：他是我所认识的最善良、最有同情心和最有爱心的人之一。

考查形容词最高级。busiest最忙的；richest最富的；kindest最善良的；smartest最精明的。分析题干，此处和下文“most caring, most loving”形成并列，都用形容词最高级，并且应该是表示心地善良的形容词。根据句意和下文“kindness and caring had to come from somewhere”可知他的善良和关爱一定来自某处，所以此处用形容词kind的最高级，故选C。

【9】句意：我看到了Ernie和他自己孩子之间的爱，想到Ernie的善良和关爱一定来自某处。

考查名词辨析。love爱；hate恨；help帮助；work工作。根据下文“kindness and caring had to come from somewhere”可知他的善良和关爱一定来自某处，所以此处表示Ernie的爱，故选A。

【10】句意：Ernie柔声说：“小时候直到18岁离家，爸爸每天晚上都会来我的房间，亲吻我说，‘儿子，爱你’。”

考查名词辨析。brother兄弟；father父亲；sister姐妹；friend朋友。根据前文提到在Ernie的哥哥过世和他妈妈离开后，每晚来Ernie房间的只能是他的父亲，故选B。

做完形填空时，首先应跳过空格通读全文，明白文章大意，然后再做题。做题时记住“瞻前顾后想结果”这一原则，从词义用法、固定搭配、逻辑推理和上下文的联系等方面去综合考虑。最后应再把全文通览一遍，细心检查所选答案能否使短文上下连贯，前后呼应，词句通顺，意思完整。另外，平时还要多多积累词汇。完型填空常考名词、动词、形容词和副词等辨析。做词义辨析题时，首先要确认四个选项的含义，然后分析语境和逻辑关系，确定答案。例如小题3，此处四个动词均为一般过去时，helped帮助；asked询问；loved爱；left离开。根据句意和下文“leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son”可知只剩下他和六岁的小儿子相依为命，所以他的妻子离开了他，故选D。