四川成都外国语校高一下期末英语卷（带解析）_3

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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_______me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is_______for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ________than tomorrow morning.”
 
My stepmother walked over to me, _______my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are _______. This is not the worst boy at all, _______the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”
 
That statement began a(n) _______between us. No one had ever called me smart, My family and neighbors had built me up in my _______as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
 
She changed many things. She _______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 _______and my brother and I could be better________.
 
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand_______and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I________it and I saw it had already improved our lives. I accepted her _______and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of_______that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the ________beneficiary (受益者). My father became the ______man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
 
What power ______has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is _______strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ________.
 
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
 
【小题1】A．rushedB．sentC．introducedD．carried【小题2】A．encouragedB．well-knownC．mistakenD．rewarded【小题3】A．laterB．soonerC．longerD．earlier【小题4】A．draggedB．shookC．bentD．raised【小题5】A．rightB．wrongC．perfectD．impolite【小题6】A．soB．butC．andD．or【小题7】A．gapB．agreementC．friendshipD．relationship【小题8】A．expectationB．opinionC．imageD．mind【小题9】A．beggedB．orderedC．persuadedD．invited【小题10】A．meaningfulB．successfulC．helpfulD．useful【小题11】A．treatedB．entertainedC．respectedD．educated【小题12】A．typewriterB．radioC．bicycleD．camera【小题13】A．consideredB．appreciatedC．ignoredD．doubted【小题14】A．requestB．beliefC．optimismD．description【小题15】A．teachingB．studyingC．writingD．reading【小题16】A．nextB．sameC．realD．only【小题17】A．cleverestB．strongestC．wealthiestD．healthiest【小题18】A．confidenceB．enthusiasmC．sympathyD．fortune【小题19】A．constantlyB．definitelyC．happilyD．traditionally【小题20】A．winB．reachC．matchD．count