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.
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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
题目分析:本文讲述了作者的父亲非常理解自己,总是通过赞扬的方式来鼓舞我,同时也一直很支持我的选择,结果证明我父亲是做的非常正确的,我也做了我想做的事情,获得了自己的成就。
小题1:考查名词:A. biologist生物学家 B. manager经理 C. lawyer律师 D. gardener园丁 ;后文讲到go into law,可知爸爸是个努力奋斗的律师,故此处答案选C。
小题2:考查形容词:A. strict严格的 B. honest诚实的 C. special特别的 D. learned博学的 从后文的观点看,结合句意:但是我知道他是特别的,故选C。
小题3:考查名词:A. praise赞扬,赏识 B. courage鼓励 C. power力量,D. warmth温暖,根据前文讲到了批评,再语义转折,再结合句意:但是用赏识来让我们变的最好。故选A。
小题4:考查动词:A.think想,B.imagine想象,C.remember记得,D.guess猜,我记得当我是个小孩子的时候,故选C。
小题5:考查形容词:A. unnecessary不必要的 B. unkind不友好的 C. unimportant不重要的 D. unusual不寻常的,根据后文unpleasant可知此处填B。
小题6:考查代词:A.Another另一个,B.Some一些,C.Any任何D.Other 其他,any time任何时候,句意:任何时候你向别人说一些不好的话,同时也会对自己有一种不好反射作用,故选C。
小题7:考查介词:A.on在…上面,B.in在…里面,C.at 在…点,D.about关于,如果我在人们身上寻找优点,故选B。
小题8:考查词组:A. in case以防万一,B. by turns轮流,C. by chance偶然, D. in return作为回报;句意“如果你在人们身上寻找优点,你也会得以回报,故选D。
小题9:考查动词:A. process 处理,B. set设置,C. review回顾,D. follow遵循;跟随,句意:从那以后,我一直在人生中遵循这个原则,故选D。
小题10:考查形容词:A. understanding理解的 B. experienced有经验的, C. serious严重的,严肃的,D. demanding苛求的;从后文父亲的说话中及结合句意:父亲总是很善解人意的,故选A。
小题11:考查词组:A. taking up占据,从事,B. making up编造,组成,合好,C. picking up捡起,接受,收听,偶尔习得,D. keeping up保持;句意:我占据了大量的时间,故选A。
小题12:考查名词:A. suggestion 建议B. decision决定 C. notice通知 D. choice选择,从后文看,是呆在学校还是离开学校去工作,是选择,故选D。
小题13:考查连词:A. and并且 B. as正如 C. even if即使 D. as if 好像;句意:正如一个好的父亲会做的那样,我的父亲尽力的劝说我改变主意,故选B。
小题14:考查动词:A. helped 帮助B. allowed允许 C. persuaded劝说,说服,D. suggested建议;句意:当我23岁时我的父亲说服我去学法律,故选C。
小题15:考查动词:A.always 一直,B.never从不,C.seldom很少,D.almost几乎不,后文讲到父亲的梦想是一个生物学家,所以这里应该是父亲一直能很后悔,故选A。
小题16:考查句意理解:A.rather相当,B.but 但是,C.for为了,D.therefore因此,句意:但是我没有去追求我的梦想,故选B。
小题17:考查动词:A. promise答应 B. task任务 C. belief信念 D. dream梦想;句意:但是我没有去追求我的梦想,故选D。
小题18:考查代词:A.this这个,B.he他C.it它,D.that那个, as it turn out结果最终表明,固定结构,故选C。
小题19:考查名词:A.newspaper报纸,B.magazine杂志,C.program 课程,D.project计划,前文讲到leave to work on my magazine.故此处选杂志,故选B。
小题20:考查动词:A. controlled控制,B. comforted安慰,C. reminded使想起,D. raised抚养;句意:我想我将用我父亲抚养我的方式把他们带大,故选D。