My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling
16 , but I always knew he was
17 . He never criticized us, but used
18 to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die.” I
19 as a child I said something
20 about somebody, and my father said, “
21 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best
22 people, I would get the best
23 . From then on I’ve always tried to
24 the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very
25 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was
26 a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a
27 ：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,
28 any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad
29 me to go into law. And I’ve
30 regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,
31 I didn’t pursue my
32 . You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”
As
33 turned out, my little publication went on to become
Student, a national
34 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
35 me.
| 小题1: | | A．biologist | B．manager | C．lawyer | D．gardener |
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| 小题2: | | A．strict | B．honest | C．special | D．learned |
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| 小题3: | | A．praise | B．courage | C．power | D．warmth |
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| 小题4: | | A．think | B．imagine | C．remember | D．guess |
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| 小题5: | | A．unnecessary | B．unkind | C．unimportant | D．unusual |
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| 小题6: | | A．Another | B．Some | C．Any | D．Other |
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| 小题8: | | A．in case | B．by turns | C．by chance | D．in return |
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| 小题9: | | A．revise | B．set | C．review | D．follow |
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| 小题10: | | A．understanding | B．experienced | C．serious | D．demanding |
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| 小题11: | | A．taking up | B．making up | C．picking up | D．keeping up |
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| 小题12: | | A．suggestion | B．decision | C．notice | D．choice |
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| 小题13: | | A．and | B．as | C．even if | D．as if |
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| 小题14: | | A．helped | B．allowed | C．persuaded | D．suggested |
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| 小题15: | | A．always | B．never | C．seldom | D．almost |
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| 小题16: | | A．rather | B．but | C．for | D．therefore |
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| 小题17: | | A．promise | B．task | C．belief | D．dream |
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| 小题19: | | A．newspaper | B．magazine | C．program | D．project |
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| 小题20: | | A．controlled | B．comforted | C．reminded | D．raise |
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