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

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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   36 , but I always knew he was   37   . He never criticized us, but used   38   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   39 as a child I said something   40 about somebody, and my father said, “  41 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it's a reflection of yourself.” He explained that if I looked for the best   42   people, I would get the best   43 . From then on I've always tried to   44 the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad's also always been very    45   . At 15, I started a magazine. It was   46  a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a    47   stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,    48   any good father would．When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad   49 me to go into law. And I've   50   regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,    51     I didn't pursue my    52 . You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”
As   53 turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national    54   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   55 me.

A．biologist

B．manager

C．lawyer

D．gardener

A．strict

B．honest

C．special

D．learned

A．praise

B．courage

C．power

D．warmth

A．think

B．imagine

C．remember

D．guess

A．unnecessary

B．unkind

C．unimportant

D．unusual

A．Another

B．Some

C．Any

D．Other

A．on

B．in

C．at

D．about

A．in case

B．by turns

C．by chance

D．in return

A．revise

B．set

C．review

D．follow

A．understanding

B．experienced

C．serious

D．demanding

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

A．suggestion

B．decision

C．notice

D．choice

A．and

B．as

C．even if

D．as if

A．helped

B．allowed

C．persuaded

D．suggested

A．always

B．never

C．seldom

D．almost

A．rather

B．but

C．for

D．therefore

A．promise

B．task

C．belief

D．dream

A．which

B．he

C．it

D．that

A．newspaper

B．magazine

C．program

D．project

A．controlled

B．comforted

C．reminded

D．raised

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