Question

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(實(shí)現(xiàn)) 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．a(chǎn)t   D．a(chǎn)bout

 

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．a(chǎn)nd           B．a(chǎn)s             C．even if    D．a(chǎn)s if

 

14.               A．helped         B．a(chǎn)llowed        C．persuaded D．suggested

 

15.               A．a(chǎn)lways         B．never          C．seldom    D．a(chǎn)lmost

 

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

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.D

10.A

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了作者的父親非常理解自己，總是通過(guò)贊揚(yáng)的方式來(lái)鼓舞我，同時(shí)也一直很支持我的選擇，結(jié)果證明我父親是做的非常正確的，我也做了我想做的事情，獲得了自己的成就。

1.A. biologist生物學(xué)家  B. manager經(jīng)理  C. lawyer律師   D. gardener園丁 ；后文講到go into law.故此處答案選C

2.A. strict嚴(yán)格的   B. honest誠(chéng)實(shí)的 C. special特別的    D. learned博學(xué)的 從后文的觀點(diǎn)看，結(jié)合句意：但是我知道他是特別的，故選C

3.A. praise贊揚(yáng)，賞識(shí)   B. courage鼓勵(lì)  C. power激勵(lì)    D. warmth溫暖 根據(jù)前文講到額批評(píng)，再語(yǔ)義轉(zhuǎn)折，再結(jié)合句意：但是用賞識(shí)來(lái)讓我們變的最好。故選A

4.我記得當(dāng)我是個(gè)小孩子的時(shí)候，故選C

5.A. unnecessary不必要的    B. unkind不友好的   C. unimportant不重要的  D. unusual不尋常的，根據(jù)后文unpleasant可知此處填B

6.any time任何時(shí)候，句意：任何時(shí)候你向別人說(shuō)一些不好的話，同時(shí)也會(huì)對(duì)自己有一種不好反射作用，故選C

7.如果我在人們之間尋找優(yōu)點(diǎn)，故選B

8.A. in case以防萬(wàn)一    B. by turns輪流 C. by chance偶然    D. in return作為回報(bào)；句意“如果你在人們之間尋找優(yōu)點(diǎn)，你也會(huì)得以回報(bào)，故選D

9.A. revise 修正B. set設(shè)置 C. review回顧   D. follow遵循； 句意：從那以后，我一直在人生中遵循這個(gè)原則，故選D

10.A. understanding理解的 B. experienced有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的    C. serious嚴(yán)重的，嚴(yán)肅的   D. demanding苛求的；從后文父親的說(shuō)話中及結(jié)合句意：父親總是很善解人意的，故選A

11.A. taking up占據(jù) B. making up編造    C. picking up撿起   D. keeping up保持；句意：我占據(jù)了大量的時(shí)間，故選A

12.A. suggestion 建議B. decision決定    C. notice通知   D. choice選擇，從后文看，是呆在學(xué)校還是離開(kāi)學(xué)校去工作，故選D

13.A. and并且   B. as正如   C. even if即使  D. as if 好像；句意：正如一個(gè)好的父親會(huì)做的那樣，我的父親盡力的勸說(shuō)我改變主意，故選B

14.A. helped 幫助B. allowed允許 C. persuaded勸說(shuō)    D. suggested建議；句意：當(dāng)我23歲時(shí)我的父親勸說(shuō)我去學(xué)法律，故選C

15.后文講到父親的夢(mèng)想是一個(gè)生物學(xué)家，所以這里應(yīng)該是父親一直能很后悔，故選A

16.句意：但是我沒(méi)有去追求我的夢(mèng)想，故選B

17.A. promise答應(yīng)   B. task任務(wù) C. belief信念   D. dream夢(mèng)想；句意：但是我沒(méi)有去追求我的夢(mèng)想，故選D

18.as it turn out結(jié)果最終表明，固定結(jié)構(gòu)，故選C

19.前文講到leave to work on my magazine.故此處選雜志，故選B

20.A. controlled控制    B. comforted安慰    C. reminded使想起   D. raised撫養(yǎng)；句意：我想我將用我父親撫養(yǎng)我的方式把他們帶大，故選D

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