完形填空。

　　Mrs Hill, who was a woman of thirty, was born in a 　　1　　 family．Her father 　　2　　 her a lot of money when she married．She thought she was very 　　3　　 and often bought all kinds of expensive clothes．The woman did 　　4　　 at home but dress herself．

　　It was eleven o'clock in the 　　5　　, 　　6　　 the woman Mrs Hill was still in bed．Suddenly the telephone rang．And she 　　7　　 it．Her friend told her the latest style of trousers was sold in the shop in the center of the city．Having heard this, she 　　8　　 at once and told the 　　9　　 to bring her breakfast to her bedroom．And she dressed herself 　　10　　 and went there by car．

　　A kind young man received her and showed the 　　11　　 to her．She loved them very much and 　　12　　 two pairs．She heard a kind of new shoes was on show downstairs and 　　13　　．

　　When she got home, she found she didn't 　　14　　 the trousers with her．She had to go to the shop again．The young man brought out two boxes and gave them to her．She found there was something 　　15　　 on them．It was the description of the woman buyer：about forty, short and fat, with a red nose and two thick lips．

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

完形填空

　　Another person's enthusiasm(热情)was what made me move toward the success．That person was my stepmother．

　　I was nine years old when she entered our home in Virginia．My father 　　1　　 me to her with these words：“This is an 　　2　　 boy．He will probably throw rocks at you tomorrow morning．”

　　My stepmother walked over to me, raised my 　　3　　 slightly up and looked into my eyes．Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are 　　4　　．This is not a bad boy at all, 　　5　　 a smart one who hasn't yet found an outlet(释放的途径)for his enthusiasm．”

　　That statement began a friendship between us．　　6　　 had ever called me smart．My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind with a bad boy．My stepmother changed all that．

　　She 　　7　　 many things．She persuaded my father to go to a dental(牙科)school, from which he graduated with honors．She 　　8　　 our home into the county center, where my father's career(事业)could be more 　　9　　 and my brother and I could be better educated．

　　When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand typewriter and told me that she believed that I could become a 　　10　　．I thanked her for her enthusiasm and I began to write for local newspapers．I was keeping 　　11　　 and never gave up．Later, I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life's work．In fact, I wasn't the 　　12　　 beneficiary(受益者)．My father became the 　　13　　 man in town．My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president．

　　What power 　　14　　 has! When that power is let out to support one's mind, it will become an irresistible(不可抗拒的)power．You can pass that power to anyone 　　15　　 needs it．This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm．

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)