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(牙科) 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 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.

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

A．known B．favored C．mistaken D．rewarded

A．sooner B．later C．longer D．earlier

A．dragged B．shook C．raised D．bent

A．perfect B．right C．wrong D．impolite

A．but B．so C．and D．or

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A．teaching B．writing C．studying

A．next B．same C．only D．real

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

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

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

A．win B．match C．reach D．doubt