55.
We can infer from the text that
.
A.The combination of big companies may possibly lead to
trust.
B.All Gillette’s thirty-two factories are in fourteen
countries
C.P&G made less profits than Gillette in 2004
D.P&G’s
products are worse than Gillette’s
E
Your
particular relationships with your parents, not God or genes, determines your
academic performance. In my case, it was my father who made the difference.
I
had three sisters and my father never showed much interest in their success. He
took no notice of the school reports of one of them. They all made it to
university. But this was largely because of my mother’s encouragement. However
badly I did, and it was usually very bad, he always told me I was clever and
that I could do well.
When
I was eight and remained at the bottom of my class, he tried to coach me in
Latin and maths. His main goal was to show me that,
if I could make myself concentrate on the dull tasks, I could do them.
He
chose the head of my house at public school with great care. He found a man who
made a huge effort to teach the backward, raw material with which he
started when I was 13. Together, they convinced me to take exams seriously. But
the most important factor was that I knew my dad loved me. He expressed this in
many kind letters. When we were together, he would take me in his arms. He
encouraged me to think for myself and to enjoy what I enjoyed. He once watched
me eating a huge amount of chocolate and said, “Eat as much as you like - you
won’t always enjoy it that much.”
So
I started working hard. I agreed with his own clever ways. And I started to
enjoy the learning of knowledge and the expression of ideas. Although exams
gave little opportunity for that, I could sort of see the point.
A
lot of parents do not realize how important the emotional aspect of the
relationship is. It determines their child’s performance. I recently heard a
parent discussing what school their child might get into. “I don’t know how
bright he is,” she said.
Many
parents are troubled by their children’s marks at school. Their relationship
with the child is almost wholly built around this. It was not at all like that
with my dad. Until I was eight, he did not seem to worry about marks. And,
after that, it was never exam performance that he was concerned with. Rather,
he concentrated on my self-perception(自我感知). He constantly showed me that I was not stupid by
pointing out things I had said that were signs of intelligence. It meant I had
a reasonable self-regard. I kept failing exams. But, my father thought there
was a difference between my failing one exam and whether I would be a success
or failure in life.