26_【限时能力检测】.pdf

  限时能力检测 一、 完形填空(2013·深圳高级中学高三月考) Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving towards 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 distinguished for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no later than tomorrow morning.” My stepmother walked over to me, 2 my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are 3 . This is not the worst boy at all, but the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.” That statement began a(an) 4 between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbours had built me up in my 5 as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that. She changed many things. She 6 my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honours. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more 7 and my brother and I could be better 8 . When I turned fourteen, she bought me a second-hand 9 and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm; I 10 . It had already improved our lives. I accepted her belief and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of 11 that great day I     went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the only beneficiary(受益者). My father became the 12 man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president. What power 13 has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is 14 strengthened by f