题目内容：

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．

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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