Father's Love

    As a young man， Jack was an excellent artist with a wife and two fine sons． One night， his older son had a serious stomachache． Thinking it was only some（1）　　disease（ 疾病），Jack and his wife didn't take the boy to the hospital． But the boy（2）　　suddenly that night．

    Jack realized that if he took his son to the hospital in time， the boy's death could be（3）　　．So he always felt guilty（内疚的）．Even worse， a short time later his wife left him，（4）　　him alone with his six﹣year﹣old younger son． The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Jack could（5）　　， and he turned to alcohol（酒精） for help． Soon Jack became an alcoholic．

    Gradually，his health and life became（6）　　and Jack began to lose everything he owned his land， house， etc．（7）　　Jack died alone in a small bar（酒吧）． Hearing of Jack's death， I thought，"What a waste of life! What a complete（彻底的）（8）　　! "

    （9）　　time went by， I began to change my earlier simple judgement（ 评价）．I knew Jack's now adult son， Bill． He is one of the kindest， most earing， most（10）　　men I have ever known． I saw the love between Bill and his children． I thought that Bill's kindness and caring must come from（11）　　．

    I hadn't heard Bill talk much（12）　　his father． One day， I asked him what on earth（究竟）his father had done so that he became such a special person． Bill said quietly，As a child until I left home at 18，my father came into my（13）　　 every night， gave me a kiss and said，"love you， son．"

    Tears came to my eyes as I（14）　　I was a fool before． I had ever thought Jack was a complete failure． He didn't leave valuable things behind，（15）　　he was a kind loving father， and left behind his best love．

（1）A． terrible	B． common	C． unusual	D． heavy
（2）A． died	B． left	C． disappeared	D． woke
（3）A． chosen	B． refused	C． avoided	D． canceled
（4）A． throwing	B． telling	C． forgetting	D． leaving
（5）A． stand	B． understand	C． get	D． find
（6）A． better	B． weaker	C． worse	D． finer
（7）A． Finally	B． Normally	C． Firstly	D． Slowly
（8）A． illness	B． problem	C． failure	D． trouble
（9）A． Since	B． Unless	C． Although	D． As
（10）A． careful	B． loving	C． humorous	D． hard﹣working
（11）A． anywhere	B． somewhere	C． everywhere	D． nowhere
（12）A． about	B． to	C． with	D． for
（13）A． classroom	B． sitting﹣room	C． bathroom	D． bedroom
（14）A． remembered	B． regarded	C． agreed	D． realized
（15）A． and	B．so	C． but	D．or