Asayoungman,Alwasaskilledartis

科目：英语
题型：完型填空
难度：中等
人气：995

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As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter. He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his oldest son   36 a severe stomachache and died suddenly. To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later,   37 him alone with his six-year- old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were _ 38 _ Al could handle, and he _ 39 to alcohol. Al began to lose everything he possessed---his home, his land, his art objects, everything.   40 he died alone in a San Francisco motel room.
When I heard of Al’s death, I reacted with the same disdain（蔑视）the world shows for one who ends his life with nothing   41 _ left. “What a complete failure!” I thought. “What a totally   42__ life!”
As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier _ 43 judgment. You see, I knew Al’s now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most   44 most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free   45 of the love between them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come   46 somewhere.
I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his father. It is so hard to   47 an alcoholic. One day I get up my   48 to ask him. “I’m really puzzled by something,” I said. “I know your father was basically the only one to   49 you.   50 on earth did he do that you became such a special person?
Ernie sat _ 51 _ and thought for a few moments. Then he said, “From my _52   memories as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a __53 and said, “I love you, son.”
Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to   54 Al as a failure. He had not left any material possession behind,   55 he left behind one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known.