Question

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling   16  , but I always knew he was   17  . He never criticized us, but used   18   to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die.” I   19   as a child I said something   20   about somebody, and my father said, “   21   time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best   22   people, I would get the best   23  . From then on I’ve always tried to   24    the principle in my life and later in running my company.

Dad’s also always been very   25  . At 15, I started a magazine. It was   26   a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a   27  ：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,   28   any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind,  he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad   29   me to go into law. And I’ve   30   regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,   31   I didn’t pursue my   32  . You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”

As   33   turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national   34   for young people in the U.K.  My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad   35   me.

1.A. biologist      B. manager          C. lawyer           D. gardener

2.A. strict         B. honest           C. special          D. learned

3.A. praise         B. courage          C. power            D. warmth

4.A. think          B. imagine          C. remember         D. guess

5.A. unnecessary        B. unkind           C. unimportant      D. unusual

6.A. Another            B. Some             C. Any              D. Other

7.A. on             B. in               C. at               D. about

8.A. in case            B. by turns         C. by chance        D. in return

9.A. revise         B. set              C. review           D. follow

10.A. understanding B. experienced C. serious           D. demanding

11.A. taking up B. making up C. picking up      D. keeping up

12.A. suggestion B. decision    C. notice          D. choice

13.A. and   B. as  C. even if             D. as if

14.A. helped B. allowed     C. persuaded            D. suggested

15.A. always B. never           C. seldom           D. almost

16.A. rather B. but C. for             D. therefore

17.A. promise   B. task             C. belief           D. dream

18.A. this          B. he               C. it                   D. that

19.A. newspaper     B. magazine         C. program          D. project

20.A. controlled        B. comforted        C. reminded         D. raise

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.D

10.A

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.B

20.D

【解析】

1.考查名词。根据第三段my dad 49  me to go into law. And I’ve 50 regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, 51 I didn’t pursue my  52.可推测作者接受父亲的要求law，没有追求自己的梦想biologist. 故答案为C.

2.考查形容词。根据He never criticized us, but used 38 to bring out our best.“他不是批评我们，而是用表扬显示出我们是最好的”可知他是“特别的”。故选C.

3.考查名词。根据If you pour water on flowers,……及41 time you say something ……及……if I looked for the best 42 people, I would get the best 43.可知“你在别人身上发现最好的，你才能得到最好的”，学会发现和学习别人的优点。所以此处应是praise赞扬。应选A。

4.考查动词。根据作者的父亲说as a child I said something……可知是回想，所以应选C remember

5.考查形容词。根据you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you可知，说了某人不友好的事情，故选B 项unkind。

6.考查形容词。根据from then on I’ve always tried to ……由always可知无论何时（any time）故答案选C。

7.考查介词。身上的优点是内在的。所以“在身上”应用in 而不是on (外在的，身上携带的东西，用on)。故选B。

8.考查介词短语。根据后文“我总是试图遵循这个原则”可知look for the best in people才能get the best“作为回报”。所以选D。

9.考查动词。习惯搭配。

10.考查形容词。根据下文作者leave to work on my magazine意识到作者下定决心了，并没有象他父亲那样阻止，而是让作者Go fulfill it。可知是understanding理解人的。故选A。

11.考查动词短语。根据下文the headmaster gave me a choice: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine可知started the magazine占用大量时间。故选A taking up。Make up 构成，组成; pick up捡起，拿起；接收等；keep up维持，保持。

12.考查名词。根据stay in school or leave to work on my magazine中的or 可知是做出选择。故选D。

13.考查连词。此处as“正如，正像”指代前面整句话的内容，引导非限制性定语从句。

14.考查动词。根据后文的51 I didn’t pursue my dream和前文的regretted it可知作者的祖父说服了作者的父亲学法律。而suggest应是suggest sb. doing sth.（注：许多学生很易选此答案）。故选C。

15.考查副词。作者父亲的“一直”后悔，才让作者做自己愿意做的事情。如果不后悔，就不会出现Go fulfill it的结果。故应该肯定得说是后悔的，而其它选项都是否定。所以选A。

16.考查副词。 I wanted to be a biologist与后面的didn’t pursue可知是转折，故选B.

17.考查名词。 wanted to be a biologist只能称为dream，而不是promise（诺言）和belief（信仰）

18.考查代词。As it turned out接Go fulfill it（dream），两者中的it 都指开办杂志的梦想。“正如我的梦想所实现的结果那样，我的出版物后来命名为student，一个国家级杂志”故选C。

19.考查名词。根据前文作者的dream是start a magazine可知本题应选B。

20.考查动词。raise等同于bring sb up“养育”。“我们正在用父亲养育我的方式来养育我们的孩子。故本题选D。