Question

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  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 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 country seat, where my father’s career could be more  45  and my brothers 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 enthusiasm, I  48  it, and I saw how it had already 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 brothers and stepbrothers 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.B

15.A

16.A

17.D

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

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

1.考查動(dòng)詞：A. rushed沖，B. introduced介紹，C. sent 送，派遣，D. carried運(yùn)送，從后面的句子：“I would like you to meet the fellow這里指爸爸把我介紹給了繼母，選B

2.考查形容詞：A. mistaken錯(cuò)誤的，B. favored支持的，有利的，C. distinguished著名的，D. rewarded受到獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)的，從前面的for being the worst boy作者因?yàn)槭亲顗牡暮⒆佣�著名，選C

3.考查副詞：A. later后來，遲于，B. sooner很快，C. longer更長，D. earlier更早，no later than不遲于，這里是：作者不遲于明天早上就會(huì)向繼母仍石頭，選A

4.考查動(dòng)詞：A. dragged拖拉，B. raised舉起，提高，籌集，飼養(yǎng)，C. shook震動(dòng)，搖晃，D. bent彎腰，從后面的單詞upward ，可知繼母輕輕的抬起我的頭，選B

5.考查形容詞：A. perfect完美的，B. right正確的，C. impolite不禮貌的，D. wrong錯(cuò)誤的，從后面的句子：This is not the worst boy at all, 可知是反駁爸爸的話，你錯(cuò)了，選D

6.考查連詞：A. so因此，B. but但是，C. or或者，D. and并且，這句話使用的是not…but…結(jié)構(gòu)，這不是最壞的男孩而是最好的男孩還沒有找到熱情的出口，選B

7.考查名詞：A. agreement同意，B. gap缺口，分歧，間隔，C. friendship友誼，D. relationship關(guān)系，這句話開始了我們之間的友誼，用友誼說明關(guān)系的親密，選C

8.考查名詞：A. opinion觀點(diǎn)，B. image形象，C. mind思維，D. expectation期望，我的家庭和鄰居讓我在我心目中認(rèn)為我一直是一個(gè)壞男孩，選C

9.考查動(dòng)詞：A. persuaded說服，B. begged乞求，C. ordered 命令，D. invited邀請，繼母說服了我父親去上一個(gè)牙科學(xué)校，選A

10.考查形容詞：A. meaningful有意義的，B. successful成功的，C. helpful 有幫助的，D. useful有用的，修飾career用successful，在那兒我父親的事業(yè)將更加成功，選B

11.考查動(dòng)詞：A. treated對(duì)待，B. entertained娛樂，C. respected尊敬，D. educated教育，因?yàn)槭钦f孩子們的，可知在那，我們弟兄們可以得到更好的教育，選D

12.考查名詞：A. camera照相機(jī)，B. radio收音機(jī)，C. typewriter打字機(jī)，D. bicycle自行車，從后面的句子：told me that she believed that I could become a writer.可知繼母相信作者能成為一個(gè)作家，所以給他買了個(gè)二手打字機(jī)，選 C

13.考查動(dòng)詞：A. considered考慮，B. appreciated欣賞，C. ignored忽視，D. suspected懷疑，從后面的句子：I saw how it had already improved our lives.可知我非常感激她的熱心，選B

14.考查名詞：A. criticism批評(píng)，B. belief信念，C. request要求，D. description描述，前面說she believed that I could become a writer.可知我接受了她的信念B

15.考查動(dòng)名詞：A. writing寫作，B. teaching教學(xué)，C. studying學(xué)習(xí)，D. reading閱讀，我從事的寫作，因此用writing，選A

16.考查形容詞：A. only唯一的，B. next下一個(gè)，C. same同樣的，D. real真的，從后面的句子：My father became the  52  man in town.可知我不是唯一的受益者，選A

17.考查形容詞：A. cleverest最聰明的，B. strongest最強(qiáng)大的，C. healthiest最健康的，D. wealthiest最有錢的，前面說：我不是唯一的受益者，可知我爸爸也事業(yè)有成，成了我們鎮(zhèn)上最富裕的人，選D

18.考查名詞：A. fortune 運(yùn)氣，財(cái)產(chǎn)，B. sympathy同情，C. enthusiasm熱情，D. confidence自信，從文章的第一句話：Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success可知熱情有著多強(qiáng)大的力量呀，選C

19.考查副詞：A. deliberately故意地，B. constantly不斷地，C. traditionally傳統(tǒng)地，D. happily快樂的，從后面的it becomes an irresistible force可知熱情不斷得到增強(qiáng)，選B

20.考查動(dòng)詞：A. win贏得，B. reach到達(dá)，C. match匹配，D. doubt懷疑， 這種力量是貧窮和暫時(shí)的挫折所不能相比的，選C

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