11.B【解析】句意：杰克和他的妻子认为这只是一种常见病。terrible糟糕的；common普通的；unusual不寻常的；heavy重的；根据句意理解及后句Jack and his wife didn’t take the boy to the hospital.可知，这里说的是“常见的病”，故选B。
12.A【解析】句意：但那晚男孩突然死了。died死；left离开；disappeared消失；woke醒来；根据句意理解及后句Jack realized that if he took his son to the hospital in time, the boy’s death could be可知，这里表达的是“死”，故选A。
13.C【解析】句意：如果他及时把儿子送到医院，那男孩的死亡可能就会避免了。chosen选择；refused拒绝；avoided避免；canceled取消；根据句意理解及前句Jack realized that if he took his son to the hospital in time可知，这里指的是“避免”，故选C。
14.D【解析】句意：留下他一个人和他6岁的小儿子在一起。throwing仍；telling告诉；forgetting忘记；leaving留下，剩下；根据句意理解及前句Even worse, a short time later his wife left him可知，这里表达的是“留下”，故选D。
15.A【解析】句意：这两种情况的伤害和痛苦让杰克无法忍受。stand忍受；understand理解；get得到；find发现；根据句意理解及句子主语The hurt and pain of the two situations可知，这里表达的是“忍受”，故选A。
16.C【解析】句意：渐渐地，他的健康和生活变得更糟。better更好的；weaker更弱的；worse更坏的；finer更好的；根据句意理解及后句Jack began to lose everything he owned his land, house, etc.可知，这里表达的是“更坏的”，故选C。
17.A【解析】句意：最后，杰克独自一人死在一个小酒吧里。Finally最后；Normally正常地；Firstly首先；Slowly慢慢地；根据句意理解及后句Jack died alone in a small bar.可知，这里表达的是“最后”，故选A。
18.C【解析】句意：多么彻底的失败！illness疾病；problem问题；failure失败；trouble麻烦；根据前文的描述以及后文的I had ever thought Jack was a complete failure.可知，这里指的是“失败”，故选C。
19.D【解析】句意：随着时间的推移。Since自从；Unless除非；Although虽然；As随着，当……时；根据句意理解可知，这里表达的是“随着时间的推移”，所以应该用as，故选D。
20.B【解析】句意：他是我所认识的最善良、最体贴、最有爱心的人之一。careful仔细的；loving有爱的；humorous幽默的；hard-working努力工作的；根据句意理解及后句I saw the love between Bill and his children.可知，这里指的是“有爱的”，故选B。
21.B【解析】句意：我想比尔的善良和关心一定来自某个地方。anywhere任何地方；somewhere某个地方；everywhere到处；nowhere无处；根据句意理解及后文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.”可知，这里表达的是“某个地方”，且句子是肯定句，所以应该用somewhere，故选B。
22.A【解析】句意：我没听比尔过多的谈论过有关他父亲的事。about关于；to朝，向；with有；for为了；根据句意理解及空格前的talk可知，这里构成的是talk about的结构，表示“谈论”，故选A。
23.D【解析】句意：父亲每天晚上都会走进我的卧室，吻我一下，然后说：“爱你，儿子。”classroom教室；sitting-room客厅；bathroom浴室；bedroom卧室；根据句意理解及空格后的部分every night, gave me a kiss and said, “love you, son.”可知，这里表达的是“卧室”，故选D。
24.D【解析】句意：当我意识到我以前是个傻瓜时，我的眼睛里涌出了泪水。remembered记住；regarded认为；agreed同意；realized意识到；根据句意理解及后句I had ever thought Jack was a complete failure.可知，这里表达的是“意识到”，故选D。
25.C【解析】句意：他没有留下宝贵的东西，但他是一个慈爱的父亲，并留下了他最好的爱。
and和；so所以；but但是；or或者；根据句意理解可知，He didn’t leave valuable things behind与he was a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.前后是转折关系，所以这里应该用表示转折关系的连词，故选C。