My sister and I grew up in a little village in England．Our father was a struggling ___36___， but I always knew he was ___37___．He never criticized us, but used ___38___ 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 ___39___ as a child I said something ___40___ about somebody, and father said, “___41___ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best ___42___ people, I would get the best ___43___．From then on I’ve always tried to ___44___ the principle in my life and later in running my company． Dad’s also always been very ___45___．At 15, I started a magazine．It was ___46___ a great deal of time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a ___47__: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine． I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, ___48___ any good father would．When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, 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__．You know what you want．Go fulfill it.” As ___53__ turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national ___54__ 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 ___55__ 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，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激励 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. revise 修正B. set设置 C. review回顾 D. follow遵循； 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 B. making up编造 C. picking up捡起 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D. suggested建议；句意：当我23岁时我的父亲劝说我去学法律，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