阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2130各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1Nick sat in my classroom after school, five years ago, wanting help on a research paper that stood between him and graduation. An 21 student at the school, he felt much worried about his assignment. Many 22 find themselves in the same position: A child feels lost with 23 and turns to you for help. Not wanting the child to 24 , some parents step in and take over. I could easily tell the _25 between a parents writing style and the students style on homework. Parents often have pure purposes, but the result can be 26 . Theyre cheating their kids out of the very education they want them to get. Allowing children to master a skill 27 lifelong gains. Some ways to help without hurting: Be a model learner. If your child sees you 28 papers, magazines or literature, hell be more motivated to learn. If youre 29 that he or she is falling behind, talk with the teacher about it instead of doing the work yourself.Nick made it through fine. I didnt write his paper. Nor did his mother. Instead, we guided him together. At 30 , we are very happy to see him collect his diploma. But no one was prouder than Nick. He knew what he had done.21. A. averageB. excellent C. open-mindedD. absent-minded22. A. children B. teachers C. parents D. students23. A. schoolB. homework C. research D. graduation24. A. lose B. graduate C. succeedD. fail25. A. differenceB. similarity C. comparison D. distance26. A. pitifulB. successful C. harmful D. useful27. A. results in B. comes from C. makes up D. takes over28. A. writing B. reading C. learning D. collecting29. A. sure B. anxious C. worried D. happy30. A. classroomB. home C. graduation D. presentation 2My 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. Hed say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you dont 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, its 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 Ive always tried to 25 the principle in my life and later in running my company.Dads 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 Ive 28_ regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, but I didnt 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 Id like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad _ 30 me.21. A. biologist B. manager C. lawyer D. gardener22. A. strict B. honest C. special D. learned23. A. praise B. courage C. power D. warmth24. A. unnecessary B. unkind C. unimportant D. unusual25. A. reviseB. set C. reviewD. follow26. A. understanding B. experienced C. serious D. demanding27. A. suggestion B. decision C. notice D. choice28. A. always B. never C. seldom D. almost29. A. newspaperB. magazineC. program D. project30. A. controlledB. comfortedC. reminded D. raised 3Several factors make a good newspaper story. First obviously it must be new. But since TV can react to events so quickly, this is often a problem for 21 . They usually respond to it in one of three ways.By providing 22 detail, comment or background information.By finding a new 23 on the days major stories.By printing completely different stories which TV doesnt broadcast.What else? Well it also has to be 24 . People dont want to read about ordinary, everyday life. Because of this, many stories 25 some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be 26 news. “Plane lands safely no one hurt” doesnt sell newspapers. “Plane 27 -200 dead!” does.Next, theres human interest. People are interested in other 28 particularly in the rich, famous and powerful. Stories about the private lives of pop singers，actors，models，politicians, 29 , all appear regularly in certain newspapers.Finally, for many editors, 30 is an important factor, too. They prefer stories about people, place and eve