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

Dad’s also always been very . At 15, I started a magazine. It was a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine. I decided to leave, and Dad tried to get me to change my decision, any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad me to go into law. And I’ve regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, __ I didn’t realize my . You know what you want. Go achieve it. ”

As turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 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 me.

1.A. biologistB. managerC. lawyerD. gardener

2.A. strictB. honestC. specialD. learned

3.A. praiseB. courageC. powerD. warmth

4.A. thinkB. imagineC. rememberD. guess

5.A. unnecessaryB. unkindC. unimportantD. unusual

6.A. AnotherB. Some C. AnyD. Other

7.A. onB. inC. atD. about

8.A. in caseB. by turnsC. by chanceD. in return

9.A. processB. setC. reviewD. follow

10.A. understandingB. experiencedC. seriousD. demanding

11.A. taking upB. making upC. picking upD. keeping up

12.A. suggestionB. decisionC. noticeD. choice

13.A. andB. asC. even ifD. as if

14.A. helpedB. allowedC. persuadedD. suggested

15.A. alwaysB. neverC. seldomD. almost

16.A. ratherB. butC. forD. therefore

17.A. promiseB. taskC. beliefD. dream

18.A. thisB. heC. itD. that

19.A. newspaperB. magazineC. programD. project

20.A. controlledB. comfortedC. remindedD. raised

 

Answer 1

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】

試題分析：本文講述了作者的父親非常理解自己，總是通過贊揚的方式來鼓舞我，同時也一直很支持我的選擇，結(jié)果證明我父親是做的非常正確的，我也做了我想做的事情，獲得了自己的成就。

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考點：人生百味類記敘文