Question

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)
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 my 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 my 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.
36. A. biologist             B. manager                   C. lawyer                            D. gardener
37. A. strict                      B. honest                       C. special                            D. learned
38. A. praise                        B. courage                         C. power                      D. warmth
39. A. think                         B. imagine                         C. remember                 D. guess
40. A. unnecessary         B. unkind                          C. unimportant              D. unusual
41. A. Another                 B. Some                          C. Any                           D. Other
42. A. on                          B. in                              C. at                                 D. about
43. A. in case                   B. by turns                     C. by chance                 D. in return
44. A. revise                    B. set                                    C. review                            D. follow
45. A. understanding             B. experienced                     C. serious                          D. demanding
46. A. taking up                   B. making up                 C. picking up                  D. keeping up
47. A. suggestion                  B. decision                         C. notice                            D. choice
48. A. and                           B. as                               C. even if                       D. as if
49. A. helped                B. allowed                     C. persuaded                   D. suggested
50. A. always                       B. never                         C. seldom                      D. almost
51. A. rather                        B. but                                C. for                                D. therefore
52. A. promise              B. task                            C. belief                        D. dream
53. A. this                           B. he                                 C. it                                  D. that
54. A. newspaper           B. magazine                       C. program                        D. project
55. A. controlled           B. comforted                      C. reminded                       D. raised

Answer 1

36—40 CCACB 41—45 CBDDA46—50 ADBCA51—55 BDCBD

36.解析：根據(jù)下文to go into law可確定作者的父親是一名律師。
37.解析：special特殊的。根據(jù)下文讓作者自由地選擇自己的前途表現(xiàn)出這位父親的特殊性。
strict嚴(yán)格的；honest忠誠的；learned有學(xué)問的。
38.解析：praise表揚(yáng)。從下文可知，這位父親通過表揚(yáng)的方式使兒女們成為最好的。courage
勇氣；power權(quán)力；warmth溫暖。
39.解析：remember記得。根據(jù)as a child可判斷出作者回憶起小時(shí)候發(fā)生的事。imagine
想像。
40.解析：unkind不仁慈，不親切。從下文中的unpleasant可知，作者說了某人的壞話。
unnecessary不必要；unimportant不重要；unusual不尋常。
41.解析：any time任何時(shí)候。任何時(shí)候你說了別人壞話，都反射出自己。
42.解析：應(yīng)該發(fā)現(xiàn)人們最好的一面。
43.解析：in return回報(bào)。如果尋找人們好的一面就會(huì)得到好的回報(bào)。in case以防；by turns輪流；by chance偶然。
44.解析：follow遵循。作者遵循父親的教導(dǎo)。revise修訂；review回顧，復(fù)習(xí)。
45.解析：understanding理解。父親對人理解。experienced富有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的；serious嚴(yán)肅的；demanding過分要求的。
46.解析：take up占有（時(shí)間）。占去作者大量時(shí)間。make up化妝；pick up撿起；keep up繼續(xù)。
47.解析：choice選擇。根據(jù)下文“stay in school or leave to work on my magazine”可判斷出作者面臨著選擇。
48.解析：as像……一樣。像所有好父親一樣，父親試圖使作者改變想法。
49.解析：persuade說服。表示勸說的結(jié)果。說服去做法律。help幫助；allow允許；suggest建議。
50.解析：always總是。從下文“I wanted to be a biologist”可知，作者的父親對自己職業(yè)的選擇總是感到后悔。
51.解析：前后兩句是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。
52.解析：dream夢想。從上文可以看出作者父親的夢想是當(dāng)一名生物學(xué)者。
53.解析：it指代上文中的choice，自己的選擇有了好的結(jié)果。
54.解析：根據(jù)上文“I start a magazine”和“l(fā)eave to work on my magazine”可判斷出作者辦的雜志成為全美國青年人的雜志。
55.解析：raise的意思是“培養(yǎng)”。作者決心也要像自己的父親那樣培養(yǎng)自己的兒女。