第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题l. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16－35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，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  16 , but I always knew he was  17 . He never criticized us, but used  18  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  19  as a child I said something  20  about somebody, and my father said, “ 21  time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you. ” He explained that if I looked for the best  22  people, I would get the best  23 . From then on I’ve always tried to  24  the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very  25 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was  26  a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a  27 : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to prevent me from my decision,  28  any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad  29  me to go into law. And I’ve  30  regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,  31  I didn’t pursue my  32 . You know what you want. Go fulfill it. ”
As  33  turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national  34  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  35  me.
16. A. biologist          B. manager          C. lawyer            D. gardener
17. A. strict             B. honest       C. special            D. learned
18. A. praise           B. courage     C. power       D. warmth
19. A. think            B. imagine           C. remember       D. guess
20. A. unnecessary       B. unkind      C. unimportant         D. unusual
21. A. Another               B. Some        C. Any        D. Other
22. A. on                B. in           C. at          D. about
23. A. in case                 B. by turns             C. by chance           D. in return
24. A. revise           B. set            C. review       D. follow
25. A. understanding     B. experienced      C. serious            D. demanding
26. A. taking up         B. making up        C. picking up          D. keeping up
27. A. suggestion        B. decision         C. notice             D. choice
28. A. and               B. as              C. even if           D. as if
29. A. helped                B. allowed           C. persuaded            D. suggested
30. A. always                B. never               C. seldom         D. almost
31. A. rather          B. but             C . for           D. therefore
32. A. promise              B. task            C. belief        D. dream
33. A. this               B. he           C. it         D. that
34. A. newspaper        B. magazine            C. program           D. project
35. A. controlled        B. comforted         C. reminded        D. Raised