2017年高考英语完形填空模拟题.pdfVIP

完型填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1．5 分，满分 30 分） Al was a skilled artist ．He had a wife and two fine sons ．One night, his oldest son __36__ severe stomachache．Thinking it was only some common disorder, neither Al nor his wife __37_ the condition very seriously ．But the disease was actually acute appendicitis （急性阑尾 炎） ,and the boy died suddenly that night ． Knowing the death could have been prevented if he had only realized the _38 _of the situation, under the enormous burden of his guilt, Al ’s emotional health _39 _ ．To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, _40_ him alone with his six-year-old younger son ．The hurt and pain of the two situations were __41__ Al could handle, and he turned to alcohol to help him ．In time Al became an _42__ ． As the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he_ 43_ –his home, his land, his art objects, everything ．_44_ Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room ． When I heard of Al ’s death, I reacted with the same disdain （轻视）the world shows for one who _45_ his life with nothing material to show for it ． “What a complete __46__! ”I thought, “What a totally wasted life! ” As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier blind _47_ ．You see, I knew Al ’s now adult son, Ernie ．He is one of the __48_, most caring, most loving men I have ever known ．I watched Ernie whit his children and saw the free _49_ of love between them ．I knew that kindness and caring must come from somewhere ． I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his father ．It is so _50_ to defend an alcoholic ．One day I worked up my courage to ask him ．“I ’m really _51__ by something ．” I said ．“I know your father was basically the only one to raise you ．What on earth did he do that you became such a special person”? Ernie reflected for a few moments ．Then he said , “From my earli