阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 21 me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is 22 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no 23 than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, raised my head slightly 24 , and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and 25 , “You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, 26 the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”
That statement 
began a(n) 27 between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my 28 as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She 29 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 30 and my brothers and I could be better educated.
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand 31 and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I 32 it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I 
accepted her 33 and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of 34 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the 35 beneficiary (受益者). My father became the 36 man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power 37 has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is 38 strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never 39 .
You can communicate that power to 40 who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
小题1:.
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A．rushed
B．sent
C．carried
D．introduced小题2:.
A．distinguished
B．favored
C．mistaken
D．rewarded小题3:.
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A．sooner
B．later
C．longer
D．earlier小题4:.
A．backward
B．forward
C．upward
D．downward小题5:.
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A．talked
B．replied
C．cried
D．answered小题6:.
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A．but
B．so
C．and
D．or小题7:.
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A．agreement
B．friendship
C．gap
D．relationship小题8:.
A．opinion
B．image
C．expectation
D．mind小题9:.
A．begged
B．persuaded
C．ordered
D．invited小题10:.
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A．successful
B．meaningful
C．helpful
D．useful小题11:.
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A．camera
B．radio
C．bicycle
D．typewriter小题12:.
A．considered
B．suspected
C．ignored
D．appreciated小题13:.
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A．belief
B．request
C．criticism
D．description小题14:.
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A．teaching
B．writing
C．studying
D．reading小题15:.
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A．next
B．same
C．only
D．real小题16:.
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A．cleverest
B．wealthiest
C．strongest
D．healthiest小题17:.
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A．enthusiasm
B．sympathy
C．fortune
D．confidence小题18:.
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A．deliberately
B．happily
C．traditionally
D．constantly小题19:.
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A．win
B．match
C．reach
D．doubt小题20:.
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A．everyone
B．someone
C．anyone
D．nobody
