2010年高考题
Passage 1
(10·江苏)
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(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
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
