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.
| 小题1: | | A．biologist | B．lawyer | C．manager | D．gardener |
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| 小题2: | | A．strict | B．honest | C．learned | D．special |
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| 小题3: | | A．power | B．courage | C． praise | D．warmth |
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| 小题4: | | A．think | B．remember | C．imagine | D．guess |
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| 小题5: | | A．unkind | B．unnecessary | C．unimportant | D．unusual |
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| 小题6: | | A．Another | B．Any | C．Some | D．Other |
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| 小题8: | | A．in case | B．in return | C．by chance | D．by turns |
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| 小题9: | | A．revise | B．set | C．review | D．follow |
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| 小题10: | | A．serious | B．experienced | C．understanding | D．demanding |
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| 小题11: | | A．keeping up | B．making up | C．picking up | D．taking up |
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| 小题12: | | A．suggestion | B．decision | C．choice | D．notice |
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| 小题13: | | A．and | B．even if | C． as | D．as if |
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| 小题14: | | A．persuaded | B．allowed | C．helped | D．suggested |
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| 小题15: | | A．almost | B．never | C．seldom | D．always |
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| 小题16: | | A．but | B．rather | C．for | D．therefore |
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| 小题17: | | A．promise | B．task | C．dream | D．belief |
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| 小题19: | | A．magazine | B．newspaper | C．program | D．project |
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| 小题20: | | A．controlled | B．raised | C．reminded | D．comforted |
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