第二节 完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，共 15 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father ___11___ me to her with these words：“I would like you to meet the fellow who is ___12___ 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, ___13___ my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, but the ___14___ one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a friendship between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind as a ___15___ boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She persuaded my father to go to a dental school, from which he ___16___ with great honors. She moved our family into the city, where my father’s career could be more suitable and my brothers and I could be better ___17___ at school.
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand ___18___ and instucted me how to type in the flesh, telling me that she believed that I would become a ___19___. I knew her enthusiasm, I ___20___ it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her ___21___ and began to ___22___ for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of writing that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the ___23___ beneficiary (受益人). My father became the wealthiest man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power ___24___ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is constantly strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___25___.
11. A. sent B. introduced C. handed D. passed
12. A. rewarded B. favored C. distinguished D. praised
13. A. raised B. shook C. dragged D. bent
14. A. stubbornest B. laziest C. proudest D. smartest
15. A. clever B. bad C. stupid D. polite
16. A. graduated B. quitted C. started D. escaped
17. A. entertained B. controlled C. educated D. respected
18. A. bicycle B. radio C. camera D. typewriter
19. A. doctor B. writer C. typist D. teacher
20. A. regarded B. suspected C. ignored D. appreciated
21. A. order B. criticism C. belief D. description
22. A. write B. read C. photograph D. edit
23. A. next B. only C. same D. real
24. A. enthusiasm B. sympathy C. fortune D. confidence
25. A. win B. reach C. match D. doubt
【答案】11. B 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. D 21. C 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. C
【解析】
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father ___11___ me to her with these words：“I would like you to meet the fellow who is ___12___ 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, ___13___ my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, but the ___14___ one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a friendship between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind as a ___15___ boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She persuaded my father to go to a dental school, from which he ___16___ with great honors. She moved our family into the city, where my father’s career could be more suitable and my brothers and I could be better ___17___ at school.
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand ___18___ and instucted me how to type in the flesh, telling me that she believed that I would become a ___19___. I knew her enthusiasm, I ___20___ it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her ___21___ and began to ___22___ for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of writing that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the ___23___ beneficiary (受益人). My father became the wealthiest man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power ___24___ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is constantly strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___25___.
11. A. sent B. introduced C. handed D. passed
12. A. rewarded B. favored C. distinguished D. praised
13. A. raised B. shook C. dragged D. bent
14. A. stubbornest B. laziest C. proudest D. smartest
15. A. clever B. bad C. stupid D. polite
16. A. graduated B. quitted C. started D. escaped
17. A. entertained B. controlled C. educated D. respected
18. A. bicycle B. radio C. camera D. typewriter
19. A. doctor B. writer C. typist D. teacher
20. A. regarded B. suspected C. ignored D. appreciated
21. A. order B. criticism C. belief D. description
22. A. write B. read C. photograph D. edit
23. A. next B. only C. same D. real
24. A. enthusiasm B. sympathy C. fortune D. confidence
25. A. win B. reach C. match D. doubt
【答案】11. B 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. D 21. C 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. C
【解析】
