Question

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項

       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 pour 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                      B. honest                        C. special                            D. learned

38. A. praise                        B. courage                          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                     C. serious                           D. demanding

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

47. A. suggestion                  B. decision                          C. notice                             D. choice

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

49. A. helped                B. allowed                      C. persuaded                    D. suggested

50. A. always                       B. never                          C. seldom                      D. almost

51. A. rather                        B. but                                 C. for                                 D. therefore

52. A. promise              B. task                             C. belief                         D. dream

53. A. this                           B. he                                  C. it                                   D. that

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

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

Answer 1

36—40 CCACB 41—45 CBDDA46—50 ADBCA51—55 BDCBD

解析:

36.解析：根據下文to go into law可確定作者的父親是一名律師。

37.解析：special特殊的。根據下文讓作者自由地選擇自己的前途表現出這位父親的特殊性。

strict嚴格的；honest忠誠的；learned有學問的。

38.解析：praise表揚。從下文可知，這位父親通過表揚的方式使兒女們成為最好的。courage

勇氣；power權力；warmth溫暖。

39.解析：remember記得。根據as a child可判斷出作者回憶起小時候發生的事。imagine

想像。

40.解析：unkind不仁慈，不親切。從下文中的unpleasant可知，作者說了某人的壞話。

unnecessary不必要；unimportant不重要；unusual不尋常。

41.解析：any time任何時候。任何時候你說了別人壞話，都反射出自己。

42.解析：應該發現人們最好的一面。

43.解析：in return回報。如果尋找人們好的一面就會得到好的回報。in case以防；by turns輪流；by chance偶然。

44.解析：follow遵循。作者遵循父親的教導。revise修訂；review回顧，復習。

45.解析：understanding理解。父親對人理解。experienced富有經驗的；serious嚴肅的；demanding過分要求的。

46.解析：take up占有（時間）。占去作者大量時間。make up化妝；pick up撿起；keep up繼續。

47.解析：choice選擇。根據下文“stay in school or leave to work on my magazine”可判斷出作者面臨著選擇。

48.解析：as像……一樣。像所有好父親一樣，父親試圖使作者改變想法。

49.解析：persuade說服。表示勸說的結果。說服去做法律。help幫助；allow允許；suggest建議。

50.解析：always總是。從下文“I wanted to be a biologist”可知，作者的父親對自己職業的選擇總是感到后悔。

51.解析：前后兩句是轉折關系。

52.解析：dream夢想。從上文可以看出作者父親的夢想是當一名生物學者。

53.解析：it指代上文中的choice，自己的選擇有了好的結果。

54.解析：根據上文“I start a magazine”和“leave to work on my magazine”可判斷出作者辦的雜志成為全美國青年人的雜志。

55.解析：raise的意思是“培養”。作者決心也要像自己的父親那樣培養自己的兒女。