My brother and I were brought up in a town in Scotland. 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. biologist B. lawyer C. managerD. gardener
2.A. strictB. honestC. learnedD. special
3.A. powerB. courageC.praiseD. warmth
4.A. thinkB. rememberC. imagineD. guess
5.A. unkind B. unnecessaryC. unimportantD. unusual
6.A. Another B.Any C. SomeD. Other
7.A. onB. at C. in D. about
8.A. in caseB. in returnC. by chanceD. by turns
9.A. reviseB. setC. review D. follow
10.A. serious B. experienced C. understandingD. demanding
11.A. keeping upB. making upC. picking upD. taking up
12.A. suggestionB. decisionC. choiceD. notice
13.A. andB. even ifC.as D. as if
14.A. persuaded B. allowedC. helped D. suggested
15.A. almostB. neverC. seldomD. always
16.A. but B. ratherC. forD. therefore
17.A. promise B. task C. dream D. belief
18.A. thisB. itC. heD. that
19.A. magazine B. newspaperC. programD. project
20.A. controlledB. raised C. remindedD. comforted
—Bob, how about having a picnic this weekend?
—________ I'll check my schedule.
A.Sounds great. B.Good idea. C.I'm not sure. D.Well done.
If you _________ my advice, you ________ your failure now. You _________ your victory.
A. took ... wouldn’t cry over ... would celebrate
B. had taken ... wouldn’t have cried over ... would have celebrated
C. had taken ... aren’t crying over ... are celebrating
D. had taken ... wouldn’t be crying over ... would be celebrating
He didn’t make____clear when and where the meeting would be held.
A. this B.that C. it D.these
He is a student at Oxford University, ____for a degree in computer science.
A. studied B. studying C. to have studied D. to be studying
If it ______________ tomorrow, I would stay at home watching TV.
A. should rain B. rains C. was to rain D. will rain