阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England．Our father was a struggling   1, but I always knew he was   2. He never criticized us, but used   3to 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   4as a child I said something   5about somebody, and my father said, “   6time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it's a reflection of yourself.” He explained that if I looked for the best   7people, I would get the best   8. From then on I've always tried to   9the principle in my life and later in running my company.

Dad's also always been very    10. At 15, I started a magazine. It was   11a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a    12stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,    13any good father would．When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad   14me to go into law. And I've   15regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,    16I didn't pursue my    17. You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”

As   18turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national    19for 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   20me.

1.A．biologist            B．manager       C．lawyer         D．gardener

2.A．strict                B．honest         C．special       D．learned

3.A．praise               B．courage        C．power          D．warmth

4.A．think               B．imagine      C．remember    D．guess

5.A．unnecessary   B．unkind            C．unimportant     D．unusual

6.A．Another             B．Some           C．Any            D．Other

7.A．on                   B．in              C．at              D．about

8.A．in case              B．by turns       C．by chance    D．in return

9.A．revise               B．set             C．review         D．follow

10.A．understanding                               B．experienced    C．serious      D．demanding

11.A, taking up          B．making up     C．picking up       D．keeping up

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

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

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

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

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

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

18.A．which                B．he               C．it               D．that

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

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

 The judge ordered that the stranger______all the loss of the damage.

       A．paid for             B．pays for            C．should pay for     D．had paid for

 — Have you read this book?

       — Yes. But that one is ________ worth reading.

　　A．best　               B．more　　　      C．much　　　　           D．better

 Maybe you have been to many countries, but nowhere else ___ such a beautiful palace.

     A. can you find        B. you could find 

 C. you can find         D. could you find

 —How are you getting on with your business?

       —I'm glad to say it is ________.

     A．breaking up   B．taking up         C．turning up       D．picking up

 —Did you look up the time of trains to Shanghai?

       —Yes, the early train is ________ to leave at 5:00 am.

     A．likely              B．about                C．possible            D．due

 —Who is the man, actually?

       —I don’t know for sure. But I think he can be _______ but a teacher.

    A．anything          B．anyone             C．nobody             D．something

 —______ you got to know my telephone number?

       —Through a friend of yours.

    A．How was it                       B．How was it that

    C．Was it how that         D．How did

 Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.

   A．As a result       B．By the way      C．On the whole     D．In a word

 It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____.

   A．above all           B．in all             C．at all              D．after all