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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  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  3  than tomorrow morning."
My stepmother walked over to me, raised my head slightly  4  , and looked me right in the eye. Then she
looked at my father and  5  , "You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all,  6  the smartest one who
hasn't yet found an outlet (释放的途径) for his enthusiasm."
That statement began a(n)  7  between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors
had built me up in my  8  as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She  9  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 10 and my
brothers and I could be better educated.
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand 11 and told me that she believed that I could
become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I 12  it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I
accepted her 13 and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of 14  that great day
I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life's work later. I wasn't the
 15  beneficiary (受益者). My father became the  16  man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became
a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power  17 has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one's purpose and is 18 
strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible (不可抗拒的)force which poverty and temporary defeat can
never  19  .
You can communicate that power to  20  who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do
with your enthusiasm.

(     )1.  A. rushed       (     )2.  A. distinguished   (     )3.  A. sooner       (     )4.  A. backward      (     )5.  A. talked        (     )6.  A. but          (     )7.  A. agreement      (     )8.  A. opinion       (     )9.  A. begged          (     )10. A. successful    (     )11. A. camera          (     )12. A. considered    (     )13. A. belief       (     )14. A. teaching      (     )15. A. next         (     )16. A. cleverest      (     )17. A. enthusiasm    (     )18. A. deliberately   (     )19. A. win           (     )20. A. everyone

B. sent        B. favored      B. later       B. forward      B. replied       B. so            B. friendship    B. image        B. persuaded     B. meaningful    B. radio         B. suspected    B. request     B. writing       B. same          B. wealthiest    B. sympathy     B. happily     B. match      B. someone

C. carried      C. mistaken       C. longer      C. upward         C. cried          C. and            C. gap          C. expectation    C. ordered        C. helpful      C. bicycle        C. ignored       C. criticism      C. studying      C. only        C. strongest      C. fortune        C. traditionally  C. reach        C. anyone

D. introduced     D. rewarded       D. earlier           D. downward         D. answered         D. or           D. relationship    D. mind             D. invited          D. useful         D. typewriter      D. appreciated       D. description      D. reading        D. real              D. healthiest       D. confidence      D. constantly       D. doubt            D. nobody

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