Passage 3 （河北省正定中學2010屆高三下學期第二次月考）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 （腸內(nèi)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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