Question

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 enterd 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 county 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（釋放的途徑）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 srat,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 ernthusiasm,I___48

it had alreadly 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 stepbrthers 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.

36.A.rushed             B .sent              C .carried             D .introduced

37.A.distinguished       B .favored           C .mistaken           D .rewarded

38. A.sooner            B .later              C .longer             D .earlier

39. A.dragged           B .shook             C .raised             D .bent

40. A.perfect           B .right             C .wrong             D .impolite

41. A.but              B .so                C .and               D .or

42. A.ageement         B .friendship          C .gap              D .relationship

43. A.opinion          B .image             C .espectation        D .mind

44. A.begged           B .persuaded          C .ordered           D .invited

45. A.successful         B .meaningful      C.helpful            D .useful

46. A.treared           B .entertained      C.educated           D .respected

47. A.cemera           B .radio              C .bicycle            D .typewriter

48. A.considered        B .suspected           C .ignored           D .appreciated

49. A.belief            B .request            C .criticism          D .description

50. A.teahing           B .writing            C .studying          D .reading

51. A.next              B .same              C .only              D .real

52. A.cleverest          B .wealthiest          C .strongest           D .bealthiest

53. A.ebthusiasm         B .sympathy          C .fortune           D .confidence

54. A.deliberately        B .happily            C .traditionally   D.constantly

55. A.win              B .match             C .reach             D .doubt

Answer 1

36. D  37 .A  38 .B  39. C  40. C    4l. A  42. B  43 .D  44. B  45 .A 

46 .C  47 .D  48. D  49. A  50. B    51. C 52. B   53 .A  54 .D  55. B