题目内容：

 

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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   3to 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   4as a child I said something   5about somebody, and my father said, “   6time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it's a reflection of yourself.” He explained that if I looked for the best   7people, I would get the best   8. From then on I've always tried to   9the 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   11a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a    12stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

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

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

 

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．which                B．he               C．it               D．that

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

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