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.
小题1: | A.biologist | B.manager | C.lawyer | D.gardener |
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小题2: | A.strict | B.honest | C.special | D.learned |
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小题3: | A.praise | B.courage | C.power | D.warmth |
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小题4: | A.think | B.imagine | C.remember | D.guess |
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小题5: | A.unnecessary | B.unkind | C.unimportant | D.unusual |
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小题6: | A.Another | B.Some | C.Any | D.Other |
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小题8: | A.in case | B.by turns | C.by chance | D.in return |
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小题9: | A.revise | B.set | C.review | D.follow |
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小题10: | A.understanding | B.experienced | C.serious | D.demanding |
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小题11: | A.taking up | B.making up | C.picking up | D.keeping up |
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小题12: | A.suggestion | B.decision | C.notice | D.choice |
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小题13: | A.and | B.as | C.even if | D.as if |
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小题14: | A.helped | B.allowed | C.persuaded | D.suggested |
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小题15: | A.always | B.never | C.seldom | D.almost |
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小题16: | A.rather | B.but | C.for | D.therefore |
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小题17: | A.promise | B.task | C.belief | D.dream |
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小题19: | A.newspaper | B.magazine | C.program | D.project |
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小题20: | A.controlled | B.comforted | C.reminded | D.raise |
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