完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father __36__ me to her with these words: “ I would like you to meet the fellow who is __37__ for being the worst boy in this country and will probably start throwing rocks at you no __38__ than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, __39__ my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are __40__. This is not the worst boy at all, __41__ the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet(释放的途径) for his enthusiasm.
That statement began a(n) __42__ between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my __43__ as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She __44__ my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more __45__ and my brother and I could be better __46__.
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand __47__ and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I __48__ it, and I saw how it had improved our lives. I accepted her __49__ and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of _ 50__ that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the __51__ beneficiary (受益者). My father became the __52__ man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power _53__ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is __54__ strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的) force which poverty and temporary defeat can never __55__ .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
| 小题1: | | A．rushed | B．sent | C．carried | D．introduced |
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| 小题2: | | A．distinguished | B．favored | C．mistaken | D．rewarded |
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| 小题3: | | A．sooner | B．later | C．longer | D．earlier |
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| 小题4: | | A．dragged | B．shook | C．raised | D．bent |
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| 小题5: | | A．perfect | B．right | C．wrong | D．impolite |
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| 小题7: | | A．agreement | B．friendship | C．gap | D．relationship |
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| 小题8: | | A．opinion | B．image | C．expectation | D．mind |
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| 小题9: | | A．begged | B．persuaded | C．ordered | D．invited |
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| 小题10: | | A．successful | B．meaningful | C．helpful | D．useful |
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| 小题11: | | A．treated | B．entertained | C．educated | D．respected |
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| 小题12: | | A．camera | B．radio | C．bicycle | D．typewriter |
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| 小题13: | | A．considered | B．suspected | C．ignored | D．appreciated |
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| 小题14: | | A．belief | B．request | C．criticism | D．description |
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| 小题15: | | A．teaching | B．writing | C．studying | D．reading |
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| 小题17: | | A．cleverest | B．wealthiest | C．strongest | D．healthiest |
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| 小题18: | | A．enthusiasm | B．sympathy | C．fortune | D．confidence |
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| 小题19: | | A．deliberately | B．happily | C．traditionally | D．constantly |
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| 小题20: | | A．win | B．reach | C．match | D．doubt |
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