Question

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

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

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

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

1.What can we know about the author’s father?

A. He seldom looked for the best.

B. He was a specialist in law.

C. He usually encouraged kids.

D. He was a father without principles.

2.The author left school at 15 mainly because ________.

A. the school forced him to

B. he had to work for money

C. his father understood him

D. He had a dream to fulfill

3.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ________.

A. persuade me out ofB. accuse me of

C. remind me ofD. agree with me on

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Be nice to othersB. My Respectable Father

C. My Happy ChildhoodD. Go Fulfill Your Dream

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了父亲在养育我们的时候总是鼓励我们，让我们去追求自己的梦想。我决定要向父亲那样教育自己的孩子。

1.，父亲从来都不批评我，而是鼓励我们拿出最好的表现。故C项正确。

2.，当我在辍学办刊物和继续学习之间做选择的时候，我选辍学去办刊物。说明作者是在努力追求自己的梦想。故D项正确。

3.这一段内容可推知，开始的时候父亲是想劝说我放弃这个想法，但是当他意识到自己的儿子已经下定决心，父亲才以自己的例子鼓励我追求梦想。故划线词是“劝说放弃”的意思，与A项意义一致。

4.像父亲一样教育自己的孩子。AC项与文章内容无关，D项不够贴切。只有B项适合作文章题目。

【名师点睛】

本文5.属于事实细节题，属于细节类型的阅读理解题一般只针对某个特定的细节，题型可以多种多样。此类题型一般分两种。第一种是直接理解题，在原文中可以直接找到答案。第二种是词义转换题，正确选项是原文有关词语和句子的转换。做此类试题一定要抓住事件发生的时间、地点、人物、发展过程和结局等环节，所选答案一定要符合原文，切不可望文生义。这类题型的主要提问方式常为：

①Which of the following is true/NOT true in the passage?

②Which of the following statements is NOT discussed/mentioned in the passage?

③Which is the right order of the events given in the passage?

④All the following statements are NOT true except .

细节题的破解一般采用寻读法，即先看试题，再读文章。对有关信息进行快速定位，再将相关信息进行整合、甄别、分析、对比，有根有据地排除干扰项，选出正确答案。此法加强了阅读的针对性，提高了做题的准确率，节省了宝贵的时间。寻读法还特别适用于对图形表格类题材的理解。做此类型的题目还要特别注意句子的逻辑关系。英语中有许多功能词，如：表因果关系的because, since, as等；表转折关系的but, however ,on the contrary, on the other hand等等。

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