阅读下面的短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项,使短文意思完整。
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___11___disease (疾病)，Jack and his wife didn't take the boy to the hospital. But the boy___12___suddenly that night.
Jack realized that if he took his son to the hospital in time, the boy's death could be___13___.So he always felt guilty(内疚的)。Even worse, a short time later his wife left him, ___14___him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Jack could___15___, and he turned to alcohol (酒精) for help. Soon Jack became an alcoholic.
Gradually，his health and life became___16___and Jack began to lose everything he owned his land, house, etc. ___17___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)___18___!"
___19___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 caring, most____20____men I have ever known. I saw the love between Bill and his children. 1 thought that Bill's kindness and caring must come from____21____.
I hadn't heard Bill talk much____22____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____23____every night, gave me a kiss and said, "love you, son."
Tears came to my eyes as I____24____I was a fool before. I had ever thought Jack was a complete failure. He didn't leave valuable things behind, ____25____he was a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.
11. A. terrible B. common C. unusual D. heavy
12. A. died B. left C. disappeared D. woke
13. A. chosen B. refused C. avoided D. canceled
14. A. throwing B. telling C. forgetting D. leaving
15. A. stand B. understand C. get D. find
16. A. better B. weaker C. worse D. finer
17. A. Finally B. Normally C. Firstly D. Slowly
18. A. illness B. problem C. failure D. trouble
19. A. Since B. Unless C. Although D. As
20. A. careful B. loving C. humorous D. hard-working
21 A. anywhere B. somewhere C. everywhere D. nowhere
22. A. about B. to C. with D. for
23. A. classroom B. sitting-room C. bathroom D. bedroom
24. A. remembered B. regarded C. agreed D. realized
25. A. and B. so C. but D. or
本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个父亲在接二连三的打击之下开始酗酒成为酒鬼并且败光家产，因此被作者认为是失败的人生。可是后来，通过了解到父亲对儿子的爱，才让作者了解到，事情并不是他想象的那样。