Question

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 my 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 my 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 prevent 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.

	A. biologist	B. manager	C. lawyer	D. gardener
	A. strict	B. honest	C. special	D. learned
	A. praise	B. courage	C. power	D. warmth
	A. think	B. imagine	C. remember	D. guess
	A. unnecessary	B. unkind	C. unimportant	D. unusual
	A. Another	B. Some	C. Any	D. Other
	A. on	B. in	C. at	D. about
	A. in case	B. by turns	C. by chance	D. in return
	A. revise	B. set	C. review	D. follow
	A. understanding	B. experienced	C. serious	D. demanding
	A. taking up	B. making up	C. picking up	D. keeping up
	A. suggestion	B. decision	C. notice	D. choice
	A. and	B. as	C. even if	D. as if
	A. helped	B. allowed	C. persuaded	D. suggested
	A. always	B. never	C. seldom	D. almost
	A. rather	B. but	C. for	D. therefore
	A. promise	B. task	C. belief	D. dream
	A. this	B. he	C. it	D. that
	A. newspaper	B. magazine	C. program	D. project
	A. controlled	B. comforted	C. reminded	D. raised

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】C

【小題3】A

【小題4】C

【小題5】B

【小題6】C

【小題7】B

【小題8】D

【小題9】D

【小題10】A

【小題11】A

【小題12】D

【小題13】B

【小題14】C

【小題15】A

【小題16】B

【小題17】D

【小題18】C

【小題19】B

【小題20】D

解析:

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