Human Relations
----- By Marion Williams
A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and you can imagine how excited they were. Certainly the boy was   1   as the apple of their eyes.
One morning, the husband saw a medicine bottle   2  ．As he was late for work, he asked his wife to cap the bottle and ___3____. The mother, who was busy in the kitchen,   4    the matter. The boy playfully went to the medicine bottle, was    5   with its color,and drank it all. It   6    to be a poisonous medicine    7    adults in small dosages. When the child showed   signs of poisoning, the mother took him to the hospital,  8  he died. The mother was stunned（使昏迷）.She was too   9    to face her husband. When the   10   father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he   11   his wife and uttered just four words.  
The husband just said “   12    ”
The husaband was indeed   13    in human relationships.The child was dead. He could   14   be brought back to life. There was no   15   in finding fault with the mother.   16   , if only he had taken time to keep the bottle in the cupboard or other place, this would not have happened. No one is   17   . She had also lost her only child .What she needed at that moment was consolation(安慰，慰藉) and   18   from the husband. That was what he gave her.  
If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective（观点）, there would be much fewer  problems in the world. Sometimes we spend time in asking who is    19    or whom to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. By this way we   20   some warmth in human relationship .
1．A．treated              B．thought                   C．ignored                   D．abandoned
2．A．shut                  B．close                      C．bare                       D．open
3．A．put it aside        B．set it aside              C．put it away              D．leave it alone
4．A．completely forgetting                            B．wholly terrified
C．totally forgot                                        D．absolutely remembered
5．A．satisfied            B．fascinated               C．puzzled                   D．calmed
6．A．happened          B．seemed                   C．appeared                 D．uttered
7．A．stood for           B．made for                 C．meant for                  D．called for
8．. A．when               B．then                       C．but                         D．where
9．A．ashamed            B．frightened              C．annoyed                  D．worried
10．A．awful             B．angry                     C．distraught               D．patient
11．A．looked at     B．stared at                  C．glared at                 D．amazed at
12．A．I hate you, now.                                  B．How do you do?
C．How did this happen?                           D．I love you, Darling.
13．A．a idiot             B．a genius                 C．a success                 D．a evil
14．A．never              B．seldom                   C．even                       D．once
15．A．wonder            B．point                     C．pleasure                  D．worry
16．A．Therefore        B．Otherwise              C．Besides                  D．However
17．A．to blame         B．to be blamed           C．to be accused           D．to be noticed
18．A．explanation      B．courage                  C．excuse                    D．sympathy
19．A．suitable           B．believable           C．accessible                D．responsible
20．A．make out         B．look out                  C．stand out                 D．miss out