题目内容：

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling 1, but I always knew he was  2 . He never criticized us, but used  3 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  4 as a child I said something  5 about somebody, and my father said, “ 6 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best  7 people, I would get the best  8 . From then on I’ve always tried to  9  the principle in my life and later in running my company.

Dad’s also always been very  10 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was   11  a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a  12: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,  13  any good father would. When he realized I Had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad  14  me to go into law. And I’ve  15  regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,  16 I didn’t pursue my  17 . You know what you want. Go fulfill(实现) it.”

As 18  turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 19 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  20  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