完形填空。 My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling lawyer

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完形填空。 My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling lawyer, but I always knew

he was 1 . He never criticized (批评) us, but used 2 to bring out our best. He"d say, "If you pour water

on flowers, they flourish (茂盛). If you don"t give them water, they die." I 3 as a child I said something

unkind about somebody, and my father said, " 4 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else,

it"s a reflection of you." He explained that if I looked for the best about people, I would get the best 5 . From

then on I"ve always tried to 6 the principle (原则) in my life and later in running my company.

Dad"s also always been very 7 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was 8 a great deal of my time, and the

headmaster of my school gave me a 9 : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway (使动摇) me from my decision, 10 any good father would. When

he realized I had made up my mind, he said, "Richard, when I was 23, my dad suggested me to go into law. And

I"ve 11 regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, 12 I didn"t pursue (追求) my 13 . You know what you

want. Go fulfill (实现) it."

As it turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 14 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 15

me.

( )1. A. strict

( )2. A. praise

( )3. A. think

( )4. A. Another

( )5. A. in case

( )6. A. revise

( )7. A. understanding

( )8. A. taking up

( )9. A. suggestion

( )10. A. and

( )11. A. always

( )12. A. rather

( )13. A. promise

( )14. A. newspaper

( )15. A. controlled

B. honest

B. courage

B. imagine

B. Some

B. by turns

B. set

B. experienced

B. making up

B. decision

B. as

B. never

B. but

B. task

B. magazine

B. comforted

C. special

C. power

C. remember

C. Any

C. by chance

C. review

C. serious

C. picking up

C. notice

C. even if

C. seldom

C. for

C. belief

C. program

C. reminded

D. learned

D. warmth

D. guess

D. Other

D. in return

D. follow

D. demanding (苛求的)

D. keeping up

D. choice

D. as if

D. almost

D. therefore

D. dream

D. project

D. raised