Question

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling , but I always knew he was . He never criticized us, but used 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 as a child I said something about somebody, and my father said, “ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best people, I would get the best . From then on I’ve always tried to the principle in my life and later in running my company.

Dad’s also always been very . At 15, I started a magazine. It was a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a ：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad me to go into law. And I’ve regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, I didn’t pursue my . You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”

As turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 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 me.

1.A. biologistB. managerC. lawyerD. gardener

2.A. strictB. honestC. specialD. learned

3.A. praiseB. courageC. powerD. warmth

4.A. thinkB. imagineC. rememberD. guess

5.A. unnecessaryB. unkindC. unimportantD. unusual

6.A. AnotherB. SomeC. AnyD. Other

7.A. onB. inC. atD. about

8.A. in caseB. by turnsC. by chanceD. in return

9.A. reviseB. setC. reviewD. follow

10.A. understandingB. experiencedC. seriousD. demanding

11.A. taking upB. making upC. picking upD. keeping up

12.A. suggestionB. decisionC. noticeD. choice

13.A. andB. asC. even ifD. as if

14.A. helpedB. allowedC. persuadedD. suggested

15.A. alwaysB. neverC. seldomD. almost

16.A. ratherB. butC. forD. therefore

17.A. promiseB. taskC. beliefD. dream

18.A. thisB. heC. itD. that

19.A. newspaperB. magazineC. programD. project

20.A. controlledB. comfortedC. remindedD. raise

 

Answer 1

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】

試題分析：本文講述了作者的父親非常理解自己，總是通過(guò)贊揚(yáng)的方式來(lái)鼓舞我，同時(shí)也一直很支持我的選擇，結(jié)果證明我父親是做的非常正確的，我也做了我想做的事情，獲得了自己的成就。

1.考查名詞辨析。A. biologist生物學(xué)家；B. manager經(jīng)理；C. lawyer律師；D. gardener園丁 。根據(jù)后文講到go into law提示，這里是說(shuō)我的父親是一位努力奮斗的律師。故選C。

2.考查形容詞辨析。A. strict嚴(yán)格的 ；B. honest誠(chéng)實(shí)的；C. special特別的 ；D. learned博學(xué)的 。從后文He never criticized us, but used to bring out our best.的觀點(diǎn)看，結(jié)合句意：但是我知道他是特別的。故選C。

3.考查名詞辨析。A. praise贊揚(yáng)，賞識(shí)；B. courage鼓勵(lì)；C. power激勵(lì)；D. warmth溫暖。根據(jù)前文講到了批評(píng)，再語(yǔ)義轉(zhuǎn)折，再結(jié)合句意but used to bring out our best.但是用賞識(shí)來(lái)讓我們變的最好。故選A。

4.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A．think想；B．imagine想象；C．remember記得；D．guess猜。I as a child我記得當(dāng)我是個(gè)小孩子的時(shí)候。故選C。

5.考查形容詞辨析。A. unnecessary不必要的；B. unkind不友好的；C. unimportant不重要的；D. unusual不尋常的。根據(jù)后文unpleasant可知，此處I said something about somebody指我對(duì)一些人說(shuō)不友好的話。故選B。

6.考查代詞辨析。A．Another另一個(gè)；B．Some一些；C．Any任何；D．Other其他。any time任何時(shí)候，句意：任何時(shí)候你向別人說(shuō)一些不好的話，同時(shí)也會(huì)對(duì)自己有一種不好反射作用。結(jié)合句意，故選C。

7.考查介詞辨析。A．on在…上面；B．in在…里面；C．a(chǎn)t在…點(diǎn)；D．a(chǎn)bout關(guān)于。He explained that if I looked for the best people這句話的意思是如果我在人們身上尋找優(yōu)點(diǎn)，故選B。

8.考查詞組辨析。A. in case以防萬(wàn)一；B. by turns輪流；C. by chance偶然；D. in return作為回報(bào)。if I looked for the best people, I would get the best .句意是如果你在人們身上尋找優(yōu)點(diǎn)，你也會(huì)得以回報(bào)。故選D。

9.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. revise修正；B. set設(shè)置；C. review回顧；D. follow遵循。From then on I’ve always tried to the principle in my life and later in running my company.句意是從那以后，我一直在人生中遵循這個(gè)原則。故選D。

10.考查形容詞辨析。A. understanding理解的；B. experienced有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的；C. serious嚴(yán)重的，嚴(yán)肅的；D. demanding苛求的。從后文父親的說(shuō)話中及結(jié)合句意Dad’s also always been very .父親總是很善解人意的。故選A。

11.考查詞組辨析。A. taking up占據(jù)； B. making up編造； C. picking up撿起 ；D. keeping up保持。It was a great deal of my time句意是我占據(jù)了大量的時(shí)間，故選A。

12.考查名詞辨析。A. suggestion建議；B. decision決定；C. notice通知；D. choice選擇。從后文stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.看，是呆在學(xué)校還是離開(kāi)學(xué)校去工作，是選擇。故選D。

13.考查連詞辨析。A. and并且；B. as正如；C. even if即使；D. as if 好像。I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, any good father would.句意是正如一個(gè)好的父親會(huì)做的那樣，我的父親盡力的勸說(shuō)我改變主意。故選B。

14.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. helped幫助；B. allowed允許；C. persuaded勸說(shuō)；D. suggested建議。when I was 23, my dad me to go into law.句意是當(dāng)我23歲時(shí)我的父親勸說(shuō)我去學(xué)法律。故選C。

15.考查副詞辨析。A．a(chǎn)lways一直；B．never從不；C．seldom很少；D．a(chǎn)lmost幾乎不。由And I’ve regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist可知，后文講到父親的夢(mèng)想是一個(gè)生物學(xué)家，所以這里應(yīng)該是父親一直能很后悔。故選A。

16.考查連詞辨析。A．rather相當(dāng)；B．but 但是；C．for為了；D．therefore因此。 I didn’t pursue my .句意是但是我沒(méi)有去追求我的夢(mèng)想。故選B。

17.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. promise答應(yīng)；B. task任務(wù)；C. belief信念；D. dream夢(mèng)想。 I didn’t pursue my .句意是但是我沒(méi)有去追求我的夢(mèng)想。故選D。

18.考查代詞辨析。A．this這個(gè)；B．he他；C．it它；D．that那個(gè)。as it turn out結(jié)果最終表明，固定結(jié)構(gòu)。故選C。

19.考查名詞辨析。A．newspaper報(bào)紙；B．magazine雜志；C．program 課程；D．project計(jì)劃。前文講到leave to work on my magazine.故此處選雜志。故選B。

20.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. controlled控制；B. comforted安慰；C. reminded使想起；D. raised撫養(yǎng)。My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad me.句意是我想我將用我父親撫養(yǎng)我的方式把他們帶大。故選D。

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