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  1  me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is  2  for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no  than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me,  my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “ You are  . This is not the worst boy at all,    6  the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a (n)  between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my  as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She  my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the country seat, where my father’s career could be more  10  and my brothers and I could be better  11  .
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand  12  and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I  13  it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her  14  and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of  15  that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the  16  beneficiary(受益者). My father became the  17  man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power  18  has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is  19  strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible force which poverty and temporary defeat can never  20  .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.


1.


  1. A.
    rushed
  2. B.
    introduced
  3. C.
    sent
  4. D.
    carried

2.


  1. A.
    mistaken
  2. B.
    favored
  3. C.
    distinguished
  4. D.
    rewarded

3.


  1. A.
    later
  2. B.
    sooner
  3. C.
    longer
  4. D.
    earlier

4.


  1. A.
    dragged
  2. B.
    raised
  3. C.
    shook
  4. D.
    bent

5.


  1. A.
    perfect
  2. B.
    right
  3. C.
    impolite
  4. D.
    wrong

6.


  1. A.
    so
  2. B.
    but
  3. C.
    or
  4. D.
    and

7.


  1. A.
    agreement
  2. B.
    gap
  3. C.
    friendship
  4. D.
    relationship

8.


  1. A.
    opinion
  2. B.
    image
  3. C.
    mind
  4. D.
    expectation

9.


  1. A.
    persuaded
  2. B.
    begged
  3. C.
    ordered
  4. D.
    invited

10.


  1. A.
    meaningful
  2. B.
    successful
  3. C.
    helpful
  4. D.
    useful

11.


  1. A.
    treated
  2. B.
    entertained
  3. C.
    respected
  4. D.
    educated

12.


  1. A.
    camera
  2. B.
    radio
  3. C.
    typewriter
  4. D.
    bicycle

13.


  1. A.
    considered
  2. B.
    appreciated
  3. C.
    ignored
  4. D.
    suspected

14.


  1. A.
    criticism
  2. B.
    belief
  3. C.
    request
  4. D.
    description

15.


  1. A.
    writing
  2. B.
    teaching
  3. C.
    studying
  4. D.
    reading

16.


  1. A.
    only
  2. B.
    next
  3. C.
    same
  4. D.
    real

17.


  1. A.
    cleverest
  2. B.
    strongest
  3. C.
    healthiest
  4. D.
    wealthiest

18.


  1. A.
    fortune
  2. B.
    sympathy
  3. C.
    enthusiasm
  4. D.
    confidence

19.


  1. A.
    deliberately
  2. B.
    constantly
  3. C.
    traditionally
  4. D.
    happily

20.


  1. A.
    win
  2. B.
    reach
  3. C.
    match
  4. D.
    doubt
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