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, 4 my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she
looked at my father and replied, "You are 5 . 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 brother 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 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 brother 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 (不可抗拒的) 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. A. rushed
( )2. A. distinguished
( )3. A. sooner
( )4. A. dragged
( )5. A. perfect
( )6. A. but
( )7. A. agreement
( )8. A. opinion
( )9. A. begged
( )10. A. successful
( )11. A. treated
( )12. A. camera
( )13. A. considered
( )14. A. belief
( )15. A. teaching
( )16. A. next
( )17. A. cleverest
( )18. A. enthusiasm
( )19. A. deliberately
( )20. A. win | B. sent
B. favored
B. later
B. shook
B. right
B. so
B. friendship
B. image
B. persuaded
B. meaningful
B. entertained
B. radio
B. suspected
B. request
B. writing
B. same
B. wealthiest
B. sympathy
B. happily
B. match | C. carried
C. mistaken
C. longer
C. raised
C. wrong
C. and
C. gap
C. expectation
C. ordered
C. helpful
C. educated
C. bicycle
C. ignored
C. criticism
C. studying
C. only
C. strongest
C. fortune
C. traditionally
C. reach | D. introduced
D. rewarded
D. earlier
D. bent
D. impolite
D. or
D. relationship
D. mind
D. invited
D. useful
D. respected
D. typewriter
D. appreciated
D. description
D. reading
D. real
D. healthiest
D. confidence
D. constantly
D. doubt | | 阅读理解。 | It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers
had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day. Some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere
who liked to eat frog"s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy
frogs from other place.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use
to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the
fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first
time, the people were able to dream of a batter future, But the dream didn"t last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying
was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn"t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They
would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (***虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn"t been useless. They had been
doing an important job-eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more
rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of
insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning. | | 1. From paragraph I we learn that the villagers _____. | | [ ] | A. worked very hard for centuries
B. dreamed of having a better life
C. were poor but somewhat content
D. lived a different life from their forefathers | | 2. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs? | | [ ] | A. the frogs were easy money
B. They needs money to buy medicine
C. they wanted to please the visitors
D. the frogs made too much noise | | 3. What might be the cause if the children"s sickness? | | [ ] | A. the crops didn"t do well
B. there were too many insects
C. the visits brought in diseases
D. the pesticides were overused | | 4. What can we inform from the last sentence of the text? | | [ ] | A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country
B. Health is more important than money
C. The harmony between man and nature is important
D. good old day will never be forgotten | | 完形填空。 | Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man,
often 1 that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so 2 with the city that
he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were
busily 3 up their new home, the light suddenly went out. Terry was regretful to have forgotten bringing
along candles and had to wait 4 in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant (犹豫的) knocks on his
door that were clearly audible (听到) in the 5 night.
"Who"s it?" he wondered, since Terry was a 6 to this city. And this was the moment he especially
hated to be 7 , so he went to the door and opened it 8 . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, "Sir,
do you have candles? I"m your neighbor." "No," answered Terry in anger and shut the door violently. "What
a nuisance (讨厌)!" he complained over it with his wife. "No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor
came to 9 things."
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. 10 this time
she was holding two candles, saying, "My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles.
She 11 me here to give you these." Terry was very 12 by what he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his 13 in life. It was his 14 and harshness (刻薄) with
other people. The person who had cheated him in life was 15 nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been
blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind. | ( )1.A.complaining
( )2.A.inspired
( )3.A.looking
( )4.A.happily
( )5.A.dark
( )6.A.newcomer
( )7.A.called
( )8.A.surprisedly
( )9.A.lend
( )10.A.And
( )11.A.suggested
( )12.A.frightened
( )13.A.failure
( )14.A.warmth
( )15.A.doubtfully | B.reflecting
B.disappointed
B.turning
B.patiently
B.quiet
B.stranger
B.disturbed
B.delightedly
B.sell
B.But
B.forbade
B.pleased
B.success
B.coldness
B.hardly | C.praying
C.thrilled
C.coming
C.hopefully
C.noisy
C.guest
C.watched
C.impatiently
C.purchase
C.So
C.sent
C.puzzled
C.dissatisfaction
C.kindness
C.really | D.pretending
D.encouraged
D.tidying
D.helplessly
D.crowded
D.settler
D.offered
D.willingly
D.borrow
D.For
D.forced
D.surprised
D.determination
D.sympathy
D.probably | | 阅读下面的短文，然后以约30个词概括故事的主要情节。 | An old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson. The family ate together
at the table, but his shaky hands and failing sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor.
When he grasped the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth. The son and daughter-in-law became angry with the
mess. So they set a small table in the corner. There Grandfather ate alone while they enjoyed dinner.
Since Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl. Still, the only words
the couple had for him were sharp when he dropped a fork or spilled food. The grandson watched silently.
One evening, the father noticed the son playing with wood scraps (:small piece) and asked the child sweetly,
"What are you making?" The boy responded, "Oh, I am making a bowl for you and mum to eat your food in
when I grow up."
The words struck the parents so hard that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their
cheeks. The son took gently and led Grandfather back to their table. From then on, he ate every meal with them.
Neither of them seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled. | _______________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 完形填空。 | There is a wonderful fable about a young orphan girl who had no family and no one to love her. One day,
feeling particularly 1 , she was walking through a meadow 2 she noticed a small butterfly 3 in a thorn
bush. The more the butterfly 4 to free itself, the 5 the thorns cut into its body. The young orphan girl
carefully 6 the butterfly from its captivity (围困). 7 flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful
fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in 8 .
"For your 9 kindness," the good fairy said to the girl, "I will grant (给予) you any 10 you would like."
The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, "I want to be 11 !" The fairy said, "Very well," and
leaned toward her, 12 in her ear. Then the good fairy disappeared. 13 the little girl grew up, there was no
one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her the 14 of her happiness. She would only answer, "It is
that I 15 a good fairy when I was a little girl."
When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, 16 that her fabulous
secret of happiness would die with her. "Tell us, please," they 17 , "Tell us what the good fairy said."
The lovely old woman 18 and said, "She told me that everyone, no matter how 19 they seemed, no matter
how old or young, how rich or poor, had 20 of me. If I would be loved, love and be lovable." | ( )1. A. mean
( )2. A. while
( )3. A. stayed
( )4. A. expected
( )5. A. more
( )6. A. released
( )7. A. In spite of
( )8. A. despair
( )9. A. wonderful
( )10. A. promise
( )11. A. happy
( )12. A. gossiping
( )13. A. Once
( )14. A. purpose
( )15. A. listened to
( )16. A. confused
( )17. A. urged
( )18. A. relaxed
( )19. A. secure
( )20. A. memory | B. unfit
B. when
B. lying
B. struggled
B. bigger
B. approached
B. Owing to
B. relief
B. generous
B. fortune
B. famous
B. whispering
B. Before
B. incident
B. heard from
B. certain
B. begged
B. smiled
B. anxious
B. sympathy | C. comfortable
C. though
C. caught
C. hoped
C. more painful
C. helped
C. As for
C. disbelief
C. brave
C. wish
C. rich
C. telling
C. As
C. cause
C. dreamt of
C. doubtful
C. shouted
C. wept
C. unsafe
C. confidence | D. lonely
D. as
D. playing
D. managed
D. deeper
D. assisted
D. Instead of
D. admiration
D. magical
D. belief
D. powerful
D. shouting
D. Until
D. secret
D. relied on
D. afraid
D. informed
D. sighed
D. wealthy
D. need |
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