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Text1 My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling 21 , but I always knew he was 22 . He never criticized us, but used 23 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 remember as a child I said something 24 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 25 the principle in my life and later in running my company. Dad’s also always been very 26 . 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 27 : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine. I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, 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 28_ regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, but I didn’t pursue my dream. You know what you want. Go fulfill (实现) it.” As it turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 29 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 _ 30 me.
21. A. biologist B. manager C. lawyer D. gardener 22. A. strict B. honest C. special D. learned 23. A. praise B. courage C. power D. warmth 24. A. unnecessary B. unkind C. unimportant D. unusual 25. A. revise B. set C. review D. follow 26. A. understanding B. experienced C. serious D. demanding 27. A. suggestion B. decision C. notice D. choice 28. A. always B. never C. seldom D. almost 29. A. newspaper B. magazine C. program D. project 30. A. controlled B. comforted C. reminded D. raised Text2 Many people think teachers give pupils too much homework. They say that it is __21_ for children to work at home in their free time. _ 22 _ they argue that most teachers do not __23 _ plan the homework tasks they give to pupils. The results are that pupils have to repeat tasks which they have _ 24__ done at school. Recently in Greece many parents complained about the _25__ homework which teachers gave to their children. The parents said that most of the homework was __26_, and they wanted to stop it. Spain and Turkey are two countries which stopped homework recently. In Denmark, Germany and several other countries in Europe, teachers cannot set homework at weekends. In Holland, teachers allow pupils to stay at school to do their homework. The children are free to help one another. _27_ arrangement also exists in some British schools. Most people agree that homework is not _28 _ . A pupil who can do his homework in a quiet and __29_ room is in a much better position than a pupil who does his homework in a small, noisy room with the television on. Some parents are ready to help their children with their homework. But other parents __30__take no interest at all in their children’s homework. 21 A. unnecessary B. uninteresting C. unfortunate D. unimportant 22 A. Nevertheless B. However C. Therefore D. Moreover 23 A. considerably B. favorably C. properly D. pleasantly 24 A. just B. already C. yet D. still 25 A. simple B. advanced C. easy D. difficult 26 A. impossible B. invaluable C. careless D. useless 27 A. Familiar B. Appropriate C. Similar D. Abnormal 28 A. fair B. average C. balanced D. comparative 29 A. furnished B. expensive C. comfortable D. suitable 30 A. even B. ever C. hardly D. almost Text3 One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our __21__ we can see what has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to visiting a new place or country, we __22__ what it will be like. We predict the way people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things __23__. Things are often very different from the way we expected them to be. One of the famous dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been managing to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had __24__ and analyzed the problem from every angle (角度) for days, but there __25__ to be no way of finding out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he __26__ up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his dream. The hypnotist (催眠者) sat in the chair opposite him and spoke __27__: I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about nothing. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your __28__ will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep. You will hear my voice and __29__ my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are almost asleep, and when you wake up you will remember nothing. Now I am going to __30__ slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five. 21. A. brains 22. A. imagine 23. A. quickly 24. A. studied 25. A. used 26. A. gave 27. A. softly 28. A. eyes 29. A. believe 30. A. count B. senses B. know B. simply B. learned B. ought B. sat B. loudly B. feet B. repeat B. say C. minds C. feel C. correctly C. discussed C. seemed C. woke C. slowly C. head C. take C. add D. sights D. guess D. neatly D. researched D. had D. got D. firmly D. body D. understand D. speak Text4 Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors (流星) but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts __1__ our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential __2__ plant
