最好的遗产是爱
来源：高中英语教学交流
发布时间：2011-03-31 08:51:00
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内容提要：你认为最好的遗产是什么呢？是金钱还是房产？看了本文你就会这个问题有进一步的理解。
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
答案：21---25BDCAB 26---30 CDCBD 31---35 ACDDA 36---40 BBDDC