Question

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England．Our father was a struggling ___36___， but I always knew he was ___37___．He never criticized us, but used ___38___ 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 ___39___ as a child I said something ___40___  about somebody, and father said, “___41___ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best ___42___ people, I would get the best ___43___．From then on I’ve always tried to ___44___ the principle in my life and later in running my company．

Dad’s also always been very ___45___．At 15, I started a magazine．It was ___46___ a great deal of time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a ___47__: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine．

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, ___48___ any good father would．When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, 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__．You know what you want．Go fulfill it.”

As ___53__ turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national ___54__ 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 ___55__ 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．raised

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】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者的父亲非常理解自己，总是通过赞扬的方式来鼓舞我，同时也一直很支持我的选择，结果证明我父亲是做的非常正确的，我也做了我想做的事情，获得了自己的成就。

1.考查名词：A. biologist生物学家  B. manager经理  C. lawyer律师   D. gardener园丁 ；后文讲到go into law，故此处答案选C。

2.考查形容词：A. strict严格的   B. honest诚实的 C. special特别的    D. learned博学的 从后文的观点看，结合句意：但是我知道他是特别的，故选C

3.考查名词：A. praise赞扬，赏识   B. courage鼓励  C. power激励    D. warmth温暖 根据前文讲到了批评，再语义转折，再结合句意：但是用赏识来让我们变的最好。故选A

4.考查动词：A．think想，B．imagine想象，C．remember记得，D．guess猜，我记得当我是个小孩子的时候，故选C

5.考查形容词：A. unnecessary不必要的 B. unkind不友好的   C. unimportant不重要的  D. unusual不寻常的，根据后文unpleasant可知此处填B

6.考查代词：A．Another另一个，B．Some一些，C．Any任何D．Other 其他，any time任何时候，句意：任何时候你向别人说一些不好的话，同时也会对自己有一种不好反射作用，故选C

7.考查介词：A．on在…上面，B．in在…里面，C．at 在…点，D．about关于，如果我在人们身上寻找优点，故选B

8.考查词组：A. in case以防万一 B. by turns轮流 C. by chance偶然    D. in return作为回报；句意“如果你在人们身上寻找优点，你也会得以回报，故选D

9.考查动词：A. revise 修正B. set设置 C. review回顾   D. follow遵循； 句意：从那以后，我一直在人生中遵循这个原则，故选D

10.考查形容词：A. understanding理解的 B. experienced有经验的， C. serious严重的，严肃的，D. demanding苛求的；从后文父亲的说话中及结合句意：父亲总是很善解人意的，故选A

11.考查词组：A. taking up占据 B. making up编造 C. picking up捡起   D. keeping up保持；句意：我占据了大量的时间，故选A

12.考查名词：A. suggestion 建议B. decision决定 C. notice通知   D. choice选择，从后文看，是呆在学校还是离开学校去工作，是选择，故选D

13.考查连词：A. and并且   B. as正如   C. even if即使  D. as if 好像；句意：正如一个好的父亲会做的那样，我的父亲尽力的劝说我改变主意，故选B

14.考查动词：A. helped 帮助B. allowed允许 C. persuaded劝说D. suggested建议；句意：当我23岁时我的父亲劝说我去学法律，故选C

15.考查动词：A．always 一直，B．never从不，C．seldom很少，D．almost几乎不，后文讲到父亲的梦想是一个生物学家，所以这里应该是父亲一直能很后悔，故选A

16.考查句意理【解析】
A．rather相当，B．but 但是，C．for为了，D．therefore因此，句意：但是我没有去追求我的梦想，故选B。

17.考查动词：A. promise答应   B. task任务 C. belief信念  D. dream梦想；句意：但是我没有去追求我的梦想，故选D

18.考查代词：A．this这个，B．he他C．it它，D．that那个， as it turn out结果最终表明，固定结构，故选C

19.考查名词：A．newspaper报纸，B．magazine杂志，C．program 课程，D．project计划，前文讲到leave to work on my magazine.故此处选杂志，故选B

20.考查动词：A. controlled控制    B. comforted安慰    C. reminded使想起   D. raised抚养；句意：我想我将用我父亲抚养我的方式把他们带大，故选D

考点：人生百味类记叙文