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.

After seating myself in my room and turning on my computer, I noticed a Post-it note stuck to my monitor(显示器). It read, “Don’t   36   your computer. You stayed up until midnight doing your homework last night.—Mom.” I   37  the note into the wastebasket. “Why do they   38  ?” I thought. “They’re never here anyway.”
Right after high school started, I almost   39  contact with my parents. With all their business   40 , they asked the neighbors to watch over me. Of course, the neighbors didn’t do such a(n)   41  job, as they had kids of their own to worry about. The only means of   42  between me and my parents was through Post-it notes.
After spending about eight hours away from home, I usually came home to find the house   43  empty. It made me sad. I would come home from school to be welcomed by   44 , to talk to no one and to be watched over by my neighbors. That was when I started   45  more clubs and staying after school more often   46  I didn’t have to feel so lonely. Luckily, at school, my friends were there   47  me. They were all there to give me a   48  or talk with me when I wanted to talk. I felt   49  when I was at school. Yet, something was still   50  — my parents.
Now I realize that nobody can   51  my parents. I wish that they would be there at home,   52  me to come back from school. There are   53  things my parents don’t know about me. I wish that they actually had a(n)   54  to understand me. I want them to understand that they’re my parents and I’m their kid and I   55  them.

The day before Father’s Day, Mrs. Berry asked her students to __36 ___ a card for their fathers. She passed out paper and pieces of cloth.
Elizabeth looked for a while at the blue cloth and began to cut it. Then she  folded (折)her paper in half and began writing. When Elizabeth finally looked at the message the teacher gave on the paper, she noticed something else. She felt her   37  grow hot — she hadn’t heard that anyone who didn’t have a father could make one for a grandfather or an uncle.
As her teacher walked to her, Elizabeth tried  38 her card with her arm, but Mrs Berry gently  39 it so that she could read it. Elizabeth sat  40 , waiting for her to say something, but she saw a  41 roll down Mrs Berry’s face. She had never made Mrs Berry so upset.
When school was over, Elizabeth  42 until all the other kids left so that she could  43 . “I’m sorry for not listening. I’ll make another card  44 you want. I’ll do it  45 and bring it tomorrow.”
“ 46 are you talking about?” asked Mrs Berry.
“My Father’s Day card. I know you’re upset because I didn’t do it  47 .”
“Elizabeth, that was the  48  card in the whole class. It was so  49  that it made me cry.”
Elizabeth was so  50 that she ran out of the classroom.
When her mom came home from work that night, Elizabeth  51 to give her the card early.
On the front of the card was a  52 of Elizabeth’s mom, with a blue piece of cloth cut like her hair. Inside the card she had written:
Dear Mom,
I know you work really hard to be both a mommy and a(n)  53 . I want to thank you and  54 you a happy Father’s Day!
Love,
Elizabeth
When her mom read the card she started  55 , just like Mrs Berry did.

One day while sitting in the boat fishing, I noticed a field mouse on the river bank. He ran out of his  21 , ran around a bit and then ran back. I thought of the  22 of this mouse. His life is spent running around, 23 , following his nose. He runs here, runs there, turns in circles, but never really sees much beyond his  24  . He is trying to  25 his way to successful living, which is finding a little  26 , so that he can carry on for the rest of his life, frightened.
A few minutes later I looked up and noticed an osprey (鱼鹰) 27 high in the sky. This keen-eyed hunter with a  28 view of the river was simply waiting for the best time to catch his food. The  29  creature flew up toward a nest at the top of one of the tallest trees.
It is the osprey not the field mouse that   30 our human potential (潜能). I don’t know about you, but it is   31  for me to decide which creature I want to learn from. I want to   32, to see the big picture, to climb higher, go farther, dive deeper, and  33  more. I want my soul enlarged and my heart inspired. I want to   34 running about following my nose and instead I want to find new strength, fresh   35  , clear vision and courage. I want to be more like the osprey and less like the field mouse, for to live like the field mouse is to ruin my potential.

第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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 father enjoys bike riding．Ever since I was little, I’ve always loved going biking with my dad．36 , as I became a teenager, other things began to draw my    37 ．It was important to do things with friends  38   ．I saw my dad every evening at home．Why did I have to  39  my Sundays to all-day bike trips with him , too? If my indifference（冷漠） hurt him, my father kept  40  , but he would always let me know when he was planning a bike trip  41  I wanted to come．
It was a Sunday morning, and I was in low  42 ．Two of my friends had gone to the movies without inviting me．Just then my father  43 my room．“It’s a beautiful day．Want to go for a  44  today, Beck?”  “Leave me alone! ” I impatiently  45 ．Those were the last words I said to him before he left the house that  46   ．
Several hours later, the police called us,  47  us that Dad had a traffic accident．My father’s injuries were serious．It took several days before he could 48  speak．Beside his bed I held his hand gently,   49  of hurting him．
“Daddy … I’m sorry …”
“It’s OK, sweetheart．I’ll be OK．”
“No,” I said, “I  50  what I said to you that day．You know, that morning?”
“Sweetheart, I don’t  51  anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident．I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though．” He 52  a weak smile．
I felt regretful for my thoughtless remark, for I   53  wanted him to leave me alone．My teacher once told me that  54  have immeasurable power．They can hurt or they can heal．And we all have the  55  to choose our words．I intend to do that very carefully from now on．
36．A．There fore       B．Instead            C．Besides       D．However
37．A．attention      B．sight            C．effort             D．energy
38．A．once again    B．all of a sudden      C．in time      D．on one hand
39．A．start         B．save               C．devote       D．waste
40．A．silent          B．busy            C．asleep          D．awake
41．A．unless       B．in case            C．so that         D．as if
42．A．spirits      B．conditions          C．emotions      D．hopes   
43．A．left            B．checked          C．entered       D．knocked
44．A．ride         B．walk            C．picnic       D．game
45．A．whispered       B．warned            C．announced    D．shouted
46．A．moment      B, morning           C．afternoon      D．evening
47．A．convincing   B．reminding        C．informing     D．phoning
48．A．eventually     B．generally        C．strictly            D．broadly
49．A．tired           B．afraid           C．aware         D．sorry
50．A．discuss        B．think             C．care         D．mean
51．A．hate        B． forget           C．remember      D．like
52．A．got          B．expressed         C．exchanged    D．managed
53．A．often        B．never           C．even         D．once
54．A．apologies      B．promises          C．smiles       D．words       
55．A．experience     B．honor             C．power          D．desire