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 wh

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 bee 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 bees an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never  39 .
You can municate that power to  40 who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
【小题1】.
.A．rushedB．sentC．carriedD．introduced【小题2】.A．distinguishedB．favoredC．mistakenD．rewarded【小题3】.
.A．soonerB．laterC．longerD．earlier【小题4】.A．backwardB．forwardC．upwardD．downward【小题5】.
.A．talkedB．repliedC．criedD．answered【小题6】.
.A．butB．soC．andD．or【小题7】.
.A．agreementB．friendshipC．gapD．relationship【小题8】.A．opinionB．image C．expectationD．mind【小题9】.A．beggedB．persuadedC．orderedD．invited【小题10】.
.A．successfulB．meaningfulC．helpfulD．useful【小题11】.
.A．cameraB．radioC．bicycleD．typewriter【小题12】.A．consideredB．suspectedC．ignoredD．appreciated【小题13】.
.A．beliefB．requestC．criticismD．description【小题14】.
.A．teachingB．writingC．studyingD．reading【小题15】.
.A．nextB．sameC．onlyD．real【小题16】.
.A．cleverestB．wealthiestC．strongestD．healthiest【小题17】.
.A．enthusiasmB．sympathyC．fortuneD．confidence【小题18】.
.A．deliberatelyB．happilyC．traditionallyD．constantly【小题19】.
.A．winB．matchC．reachD．doubt【小题20】.
.A．everyoneB．someoneC．anyoneD．nobody.D