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

【答案】

 

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.考查名詞。根據(jù)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.可推測作者接受父親的要求law，沒有追求自己的夢想biologist. 故答案為C.

2.考查形容詞。根據(jù)He never criticized us, but used 38 to bring out our best.“他不是批評我們，而是用表揚顯示出我們是最好的”可知他是“特別的”。故選C.

3.考查名詞。根據(jù)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“你在別人身上發(fā)現(xiàn)最好的，你才能得到最好的”，學(xué)會發(fā)現(xiàn)和學(xué)習(xí)別人的優(yōu)點。所以此處應(yīng)是praise贊揚。應(yīng)選A。

4.考查動詞。根據(jù)作者的父親說as a child I said something……可知是回想，所以應(yīng)選C remember

5.考查形容詞。根據(jù)you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you可知，說了某人不友好的事情，故選B 項unkind。

6.考查形容詞。根據(jù)from then on I’ve always tried to ……由always可知無論何時（any time）故答案選C。

7.考查介詞。身上的優(yōu)點是內(nèi)在的。所以“在身上”應(yīng)用in 而不是on (外在的，身上攜帶的東西，用on)。故選B。

8.考查介詞短語。根據(jù)后文“我總是試圖遵循這個原則”可知look for the best in people才能get the best“作為回報”。所以選D。

9.考查動詞。習(xí)慣搭配。

10.考查形容詞。根據(jù)下文作者leave to work on my magazine意識到作者下定決心了，并沒有象他父親那樣阻止，而是讓作者Go fulfill it�？芍�是understanding理解人的。故選A。

11.考查動詞短語。根據(jù)下文the headmaster gave me a choice: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine可知started the magazine占用大量時間。故選A taking up。Make up 構(gòu)成，組成; pick up撿起，拿起；接收等；keep up維持，保持。

12.考查名詞。根據(jù)stay in school or leave to work on my magazine中的or 可知是做出選擇。故選D。

13.考查連詞。此處as“正如，正像”指代前面整句話的內(nèi)容，引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句。

14.考查動詞。根據(jù)后文的51 I didn’t pursue my dream和前文的regretted it可知作者的祖父說服了作者的父親學(xué)法律。而suggest應(yīng)是suggest sb. doing sth.（注：許多學(xué)生很易選此答案）。故選C。

15.考查副詞。作者父親的“一直”后悔，才讓作者做自己愿意做的事情。如果不后悔，就不會出現(xiàn)Go fulfill it的結(jié)果。故應(yīng)該肯定得說是后悔的，而其它選項都是否定。所以選A。

16.考查副詞。 I wanted to be a biologist與后面的didn’t pursue可知是轉(zhuǎn)折，故選B.

17.考查名詞。 wanted to be a biologist只能稱為dream，而不是promise（諾言）和belief（信仰）

18.考查代詞。As it turned out接Go fulfill it（dream），兩者中的it 都指開辦雜志的夢想。“正如我的夢想所實現(xiàn)的結(jié)果那樣，我的出版物后來命名為student，一個國家級雜志”故選C。

19.考查名詞。根據(jù)前文作者的dream是start a magazine可知本題應(yīng)選B。

20.考查動詞。raise等同于bring sb up“養(yǎng)育”。“我們正在用父親養(yǎng)育我的方式來養(yǎng)育我們的孩子。故本題選D。