2014届江苏省无锡市高考英语专项训练：完形填空、阅读理解24（含答案）.docVIP

2014届江苏省无锡市高考英语专项训练：完形填空、阅读理解（24）附答案 Ⅰ.完形填空 Words：342　难度系数：★★★　建议用时：17分钟 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 seat，where my father’s career could be more __10__ and my brothers 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 enthusiasm，I __13__ it，and I saw how 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 brothers 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 is __19__strengthened by faith，it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的) force which poverty and temporary defeat can nev