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 pout 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 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.

36. A. biologist      B. manager     C. lawyer       D. gardener

37. A. strict    B. honest C. special       D. learned

38. A. praise   B. courage      C. power D. warmth

39. A. think    B. imagine      C. remember   D. guess

40. A. unnecessary B. unkind       C. unimportant       D. unusual

41. A. Another       B. Some  C. Any    D. Other

42. A. on B. in       C. at       D. about

43. A. in case  B. by turns     C. by chance   D. in return

44. A. revise   B. set      C. review       D. follow

45. A. understanding     B. experienced       C. serious       D. demanding

46. A. taking up     B. making up  C. picking up  D. keeping up

47. A. suggestion   B. decision     C. notice D. choice

48. A. and      B. as       C. even if       D. as if

49. A. helped  B. allowed      C. persuaded   D. suggested

50. A. always  B. never  C. seldom       D. almost

51. A. rather   B. but     C. for      D. therefore

52. A. promise       B. task    C. belief  D. dream

53. A. this      B. he       C. it D. that

54. A. newspaper   B. magazine    C. program     D. project

55. A. controlled    B. comforted  C. reminded    D. raised

Answer 1

36---55       CCACB   CBDDA   ADBCA   BDCBD         

解析:

文章讲的是作者的父亲用多表扬少批评的方式来教育自己孩子，充分发扬其优点和个性特长，结果使孩子终究有所作为。

36. C。根据后面的my dad ___49___(persuaded) me to go into law 可知此空应填lawyer。

37. C。根据下文可知，“我”的父亲与大多父亲管教孩子总是批评相比，他显得很special，因为他从来不批评我们，而是用表扬来使我们做得更好。

38. A。与前面提到批评相对比，此处应填praise。

39. C。作者在回忆往事，故用remember。

40. B。根据下文提到的something unpleasant可知此处应用unkind。

41. C。比较：another time 另一次；some time 一段时间；any time 任何时候；other time 其他时间。在这四个选项中，只有any time 相当于连词，可以引导时间状语从句。

42. B。in 指在某人身上。又如：She saw in the girl some likeness to her daughter. 她在这女孩身上看到某种与自己女儿相似的地方。

43. D。比较：in return 作为回报；in case万一，以防万一；by turns 轮流；by chance偶然。此句说的是：如果你在别人身人找到 the best，那么别人就会回报你 the best。

44. D。follow意为“遵循”。

45. A。比较：understanding 通情达理的，善解人意的；experienced 有经验的；serious严肃的，认真的；demanding 要求极苛刻的。根据后面父亲对“我”退学办杂志这件的处理可知，此处选A最合适。

46. A。比较：take up 占用时间或空间；make up 编造；pick up捡起，捡时，用车接；keep up跟上，赶上。此处指的是办杂志占去了“我”大量的时间，故填take up。

47. D。根据后文的stay in school or leave to work on my magazine可知，此处是要“我”在留在学校读书或退学办杂志之间做出选择。

48. B。as意为“像……一样”。

49. C。根据下文可知，父亲本想当生物学家，但后来当了律师，显然是被他的父亲说服(persuade)了。

50. A。“我”一直(always)很后悔，因为我本想当一名biologist。

51. B。因前后意思转折，故用but。

52. D。自己本来想当一名biologist，但被父亲说服后当了一名律师，因此自己也就没有去追求自己的理想。

53. C。as it turned out 是一种惯用句式，其意为“结果”“果不其然”“果然不出所料”。又如：I didn’t need my umbrella, as it turned out. 我原本就不必带伞的，果不其然(因为并未下雨)。As it turned out, their fears were groundless. 果然不出所料，他们的担心是没有根据的。

54. B。文章前面说过“我”退学创办一本杂志，故此处选B。

55. D。此处指作者自己要用其父亲培养他的办法来培养自己的孩子。