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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 ? ? ? ?l ? ? ?d

38. A. praise ?? ? e ? ??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 ? ? ?s ? ? ?D. demanding

46. A. taking up ?B. making up ?C. picking up ? ? D. keeping up

47. A. suggestion ?on ??? C. notice ?D. choice

48. A. and ? ?C. even if ? ? ?D. as if

49. A. helped ? ? ?d ?? ? ? C. persuaded ?D. suggested

50. A. always ? ?C. seldom ?D. almost

51. A. rather ? ? ? ? ? ?D. therefore

52. A. promise ? ?? ?C. belief ?D. dream

53. A. this ? ?C. it ?D. that

54. A. newspaper ?B. magazine ?C. program ? ? D. project

55. A. controlled ?B. comforted ? ? C. reminded ? ? ? D. raised

答案 ?36.C ? 37.C ?38.A ?39.C ?40.B ?41.C ?42.B ?43.D ?44.D ?45.A ?

46.A ?47.D ?48.B ?49.C ?50.A ?51.B ?52.D ?53.C ?54.B ?55.D