Anotherperson’senthusiasmwaswhatsetmemovingtowardthesuc...

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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   41   me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is   42   for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no   41   than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me,   44   my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied.” You are   45  . This is not the worst boy at all,   46   the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet(釋放的途徑) for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a(n)   47   between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my   48   as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things. She   49   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   50   and my brother and I could be better   51  .

When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand   52   and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm. I   53   it had already improved our lives. I accepted her   54   and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of   55   that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later I wasn’t the   56   beneficiary (受益者). My father became the   57   man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.

What power   58   has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is   59   strengthened by faith. it becomes an irresistible (不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never   60  .

You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

47. A. agreement               B. friendship                      C. gap                                D. relationship

48. A. opinion                            B. image                                   C. expectation                           D. mind

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

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

51. A. treated                            B. entertained                           C. educated                       D. respected

52. A. camera                           B. radio                              C. bicycle                           D. typewriter

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

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

55. A. teaching                   B. writing                            C. studying                        D. reading

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

57. A. cleverest                  B. wealthiest                      C. strongest                       D. healthiest

58. A. enthusiasm                     B. sympathy                       C. fortune                          D. confidence

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

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

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