Question

 (10·江蘇)

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 enterd our home in rural Virginia. My father__36__me to her with these words:“I would like you to meet the fellow who is___37  for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___38  than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, ___39  my head slightly upward,and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are ___40  .This is not the worst boy at all, ___41   the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（釋放的途徑）for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a(n) ___42   between us.No one had ever called me smart,My family and neighbors had built me up in my ___43   as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things.She ___44   my father to go to a dental school,from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county srat,where my father’s career could be more ___45   and my brother and I could be better___46   .

When I turned fourteen,she bought me a secondhand___47   and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her ernthusiasm,I___48

it had alreadly improved our lives.I accepted her ___49  and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of___50   that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later.I wasn’t the ___51   beneficiary (受益者).My father became the ___52   man in town.My brother and stepbrthers became a physician,a dentist,a lawyer,and a college president.

  What power __53  has!When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is ___54  strengthened by faith,it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___55   .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

42. A.ageement          B.friendship     C.gap           D.relationship

43. A.opinion            B.image        C.espectation     D.mind

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

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

46. A.treared            B.entertained    C.educated       D.respected

47. A.cemera            B.radio         C.bicycle        D.typewriter

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

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

50. A.teahing            B.writing       C.studying       D.reading

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

52. A.cleverest          B.wealthiest     C.strongest      D.bealthiest

53. A.ebthusiasm        B.sympathy     C.fortune        D.confidence

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

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

  

Answer 1

本文講述了一個繼母對作者的肯定，從而激發(fā)了孩子心中的對成功的渴望，繼母心中的熱情，終于促使作者成功了。

36選D爸爸把我介紹給了她

37選A因為是最壞的孩子而著名

38.選B no later than 表示不遲于

39.選C 表示微微地抬了一下我的頭

40.選C 你錯了

41.選A 前面有not 后面用but,不是最壞的而是最聰明的

42.選B 這句話開始了我們之間的友誼，用友誼說明關(guān)系的親密

43.選D在我心目中我一直是一個壞男孩

44.選B繼母把我父親說服了去上一個牙科學(xué)校

45.選A在那兒我父親的事業(yè)將更加成功

46.選C而在那，我們弟兄們可以得到更好的教育

47.選D給我買了二手的打字機，讓我開始寫作

48.選D 我非常感激她的熱心

49.選A我接受了她的信念

50.選B我從事的寫作，因此用writing

51.選C 我不是唯一的受益者

52.選B我爸爸成了我們鎮(zhèn)上最富裕的人

53.選A熱情有著多強大的力量呀

54.選D 不斷得到增強

55.選B這種力量是貧窮和暫時的挫折所不能相比的