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.
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小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:D
小题1:考查名词。根据第三段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.可推测作者接受父亲的要求law，没有追求自己的梦想biologist. 故答案为C.
小题2:考查形容词。根据He never criticized us, but used 38 to bring out our best.“他不是批评我们，而是用表扬显示出我们是最好的”可知他是“特别的”。故选C.
小题3:考查名词。根据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“你在别人身上发现最好的，你才能得到最好的”，学会发现和学习别人的优点。所以此处应是praise赞扬。应选A。
小题4:考查动词。根据作者的父亲说as a child I said something……可知是回想，所以应选C remember
小题5:考查形容词。根据you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you可知，说了某人不友好的事情，故选B 项unkind。
小题6:考查形容词。根据from then on I’ve always tried to ……由always可知无论何时（any time）故答案选C。
小题7:考查介词。身上的优点是内在的。所以“在身上”应用in 而不是on (外在的，身上携带的东西，用on)。故选B。
小题8:考查介词短语。根据后文“我总是试图遵循这个原则”可知look for the best in people才能get the best“作为回报”。所以选D。
小题9:考查动词。习惯搭配。
小题10:考查形容词。根据下文作者leave to work on my magazine意识到作者下定决心了，并没有象他父亲那样阻止，而是让作者Go fulfill it。可知是understanding理解人的。故选A。
小题11:考查动词短语。根据下文the headmaster gave me a choice: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine可知started the magazine占用大量时间。故选A taking up。Make up 构成，组成; pick up捡起，拿起；接收等；keep up维持，保持。
小题12:考查名词。根据stay in school or leave to work on my magazine中的or 可知是做出选择。故选D。
小题13:考查连词。此处as“正如，正像”指代前面整句话的内容，引导非限制性定语从句。
小题14:考查动词。根据后文的51 I didn’t pursue my dream和前文的regretted it可知作者的祖父说服了作者的父亲学法律。而suggest应是suggest sb. doing sth.（注：许多学生很易选此答案）。故选C。
小题15:考查副词。作者父亲的“一直”后悔，才让作者做自己愿意做的事情。如果不后悔，就不会出现Go fulfill it的结果。故应该肯定得说是后悔的，而其它选项都是否定。所以选A。
小题16:考查副词。 I wanted to be a biologist与后面的didn’t pursue可知是转折，故选B.
小题17:考查名词。 wanted to be a biologist只能称为dream，而不是promise（诺言）和belief（信仰）
小题18:考查代词。As it turned out接Go fulfill it（dream），两者中的it 都指开办杂志的梦想。“正如我的梦想所实现的结果那样，我的出版物后来命名为student，一个国家级杂志”故选C。
小题19:考查名词。根据前文作者的dream是start a magazine可知本题应选B。
小题20:考查动词。raise等同于bring sb up“养育”。“我们正在用父亲养育我的方式来养育我们的孩子。故本题选D。
