牛津8年级下册 Unit 4 阅读周练
(周一)
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Peter was a potter (制陶工). He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son got a stomachache. At first, Peter and his wife thought the boy just got a bad cold, so they didn’t take it 1 . But it was not a cold. It was terrible appendicitis(阑尾炎), and the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the 2 could not happen if he had taken the ill seriously, Peter was very 3 and was 4 of guilt (罪恶). Then his wife couldn’t stand the thing, so she left him alone with his six-year-old 5 son.
Peter lost his two favourite persons. He felt no hope in the world and 6 to alcohol(酒精). Then Peter became an alcoholic(酒鬼). As he drank more, Peter began to lose 7 he had---his home, his land and his work. Finally, Peter died 8 in a San Francisco room. When I heard of Peter’s death, I thought he was a 9 and wasted his life. As time went by, I began to know 10 I once thought was wrong. I knew Peter’s little son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the love 11 them. I knew that kindness and caring had to 12 somewhere. I never heard Erine talk much about his father.
One day I asked him, ‘ I’m really puzzled by something. I know your father was the only one to raise you. What on earth (究竟) did he do to make you become