广东省中山市华侨中学2014届高三上学期第三次模拟考试（英语）
I. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的ABC和D项中，选出最佳选项，并填写在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
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 introduced me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is ___1 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___2 than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, ___3 my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are ___4 . This is not the worst boy at all, but the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a(n) ___5 between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my ___6 as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She ___7 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 ___8 and my brother and I could be better___9 .
