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
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】
试题分析：本文讲述了作者的父亲非常理解自己，总是通过赞扬的方式来鼓舞我，同时也一直很支持我的选择，结果证明我父亲是做的非常正确的，我也做了我想做的事情，获得了自己的成就。
1.A. biologist生物学家 B. manager经理 C. lawyer律师 D. gardener园丁 ；后文讲到go into law.故此处答案选C
2.A. strict严格的 B. honest诚实的 C. special特别的 D. learned博学的 从后文的观点看，结合句意：但是我知道他是特别的，故选C
3.A. praise赞扬，赏识 B. courage鼓励 C. power激励 D. warmth温暖 根据前文讲到额批评，再语义转折，再结合句意：但是用赏识来让我们变的最好。故选A
4.我记得当我是个小孩子的时候，故选C
5.A. unnecessary不必要的 B. unkind不友好的 C. unimportant不重要的 D. unusual不寻常的，根据后文unpleasant可知此处填B
6.any time任何时候，句意：任何时候你向别人说一些不好的话，同时也会对自己有一种不好反射作用，故选C
7.如果我在人们之间寻找优点，故选B
8.A. in case以防万一 B. by turns轮流 C. by chance偶然 D. in return作为回报；句意“如果你在人们之间寻找优点，你也会得以回报，故选D
9.A. revise 修正B. set设置 C. review回顾 D. follow遵循； 句意：从那以后，我一直在人生中遵循这个原则，故选D
10.A. understanding理解的 B. experienced有经验的 C. serious严重的，严肃的 D. demanding苛求的；从后文父亲的说话中及结合句意：父亲总是很善解人意的，故选A
11.A. taking up占据 B. making up编造 C. picking up捡起 D. keeping up保持；句意：我占据了大量的时间，故选A
12.A. suggestion 建议B. decision决定 C. notice通知 D. choice选择，从后文看，是呆在学校还是离开学校去工作，故选D
13.A. and并且 B. as正如 C. even if即使 D. as if 好像；句意：正如一个好的父亲会做的那样，我的父亲尽力的劝说我改变主意，故选B
14.A. helped 帮助B. allowed允许 C. persuaded劝说 D. suggested建议；句意：当我23岁时我的父亲劝说我去学法律，故选C
15.后文讲到父亲的梦想是一个生物学家，所以这里应该是父亲一直能很后悔，故选A
16.句意：但是我没有去追求我的梦想，故选B
17.A. promise答应 B. task任务 C. belief信念 D. dream梦想；句意：但是我没有去追求我的梦想，故选D
18.as it turn out结果最终表明，固定结构，故选C
19.前文讲到leave to work on my magazine.故此处选杂志，故选B
20.A. controlled控制 B. comforted安慰 C. reminded使想起 D. raised抚养；句意：我想我将用我父亲抚养我的方式把他们带大，故选D
考点：人生百味类记叙文
点评：文章围绕作者的父亲对自己教育来展开讲述。解答此类文章需要对文章花两分钟过的时间进行浏览，把握作者写作的大意，同时将自己设身处地的融入情节中，对于第一遍做不出的题目不要急于作答，将后续题目答完后再仔细作答。
