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:

文章講的是作者的父親用多表揚少批評的方式來教育自己孩子，充分發揚其優點和個性特長，結果使孩子終究有所作為。

36. C。根據后面的my dad ___49___(persuaded) me to go into law 可知此空應填lawyer。

37. C。根據下文可知，“我”的父親與大多父親管教孩子總是批評相比，他顯得很special，因為他從來不批評我們，而是用表揚來使我們做得更好。

38. A。與前面提到批評相對比，此處應填praise。

39. C。作者在回憶往事，故用remember。

40. B。根據下文提到的something unpleasant可知此處應用unkind。

41. C。比較：another time 另一次；some time 一段時間；any time 任何時候；other time 其他時間。在這四個選項中，只有any time 相當于連詞，可以引導時間狀語從句。

42. B。in 指在某人身上。又如：She saw in the girl some likeness to her daughter. 她在這女孩身上看到某種與自己女兒相似的地方。

43. D。比較：in return 作為回報；in case萬一，以防萬一；by turns 輪流；by chance偶然。此句說的是：如果你在別人身人找到 the best，那么別人就會回報你 the best。

44. D。follow意為“遵循”。

45. A。比較：understanding 通情達理的，善解人意的；experienced 有經驗的；serious嚴肅的，認真的；demanding 要求極苛刻的。根據后面父親對“我”退學辦雜志這件的處理可知，此處選A最合適。

46. A。比較：take up 占用時間或空間；make up 編造；pick up撿起，撿時，用車接；keep up跟上，趕上。此處指的是辦雜志占去了“我”大量的時間，故填take up。

47. D。根據后文的stay in school or leave to work on my magazine可知，此處是要“我”在留在學校讀書或退學辦雜志之間做出選擇。

48. B。as意為“像……一樣”。

49. C。根據下文可知，父親本想當生物學家，但后來當了律師，顯然是被他的父親說服(persuade)了。

50. A。“我”一直(always)很后悔，因為我本想當一名biologist。

51. B。因前后意思轉折，故用but。

52. D。自己本來想當一名biologist，但被父親說服后當了一名律師，因此自己也就沒有去追求自己的理想。

53. C。as it turned out 是一種慣用句式，其意為“結果”“果不其然”“果然不出所料”。又如：I didn’t need my umbrella, as it turned out. 我原本就不必帶傘的，果不其然(因為并未下雨)。As it turned out, their fears were groundless. 果然不出所料，他們的擔心是沒有根據的。

54. B。文章前面說過“我”退學創辦一本雜志，故此處選B。

55. D。此處指作者自己要用其父親培養他的辦法來培養自己的孩子。