高中英语完形填空第十五套

完形填空

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后个题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

（A）

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 srat, 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 ernthusiasm,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 i s ___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 B. sent C. carried D. introduced ( ) 2.A. distinguished B. favored C. mistaken D. rewarded ( ) 3. A. sooner B. later C. longer D. earlier ( ) 4. A. dragged B. shook C. raised D. bent ( ) 5. A. perfect B. right C. wrong D. impolite ( ) 6. A. but B. so C. and D. or

( ) 7. A. agreement B. friendship C. gap D .relationship ( ) 8. A. opinion B. image C. espectation D. mind ( ) 9. A. begged B. persuaded C. ordered D. invited ( ) 10. A. successful B. meaningful C. helpful D. useful ( ) 11. A. treated B. entertained C. educated D. respected ( ) 12. A. camera B. radio C. bicycle D. typewriter

( ) 13. A. considered B. suspected C. ignored D. appreciated ( ) 14. A. belief B. request C. criticism D. description ( ) 15. A. teaching B. writing C. studying D. reading ( ) 16. A. next B. same C. only D. real ( ) 17. A. cleverest B. wealthiest C. strongest D. healthiest ( ) 18. A. ebthusiasm B. sympathy C. fortune D. confidence ( ) 19. A. deliberately B. happily C. traditionally D. constantly ( ) 20. A. win B. match C. reach D. doubt

本文讲述了一个继母对作者的肯定，从而激发了孩子心中的对成功的渴望，继母心中的热情，终于促使作者成功了。

1. 选D爸爸把我介绍给了她

2. 选A因为是最坏的孩子而著名