The power of encouragement is great. You may draw some inspiration from the following story.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a famous 19th­century poet and artist, was once  26  by an elderly man. The old man had some sketches (素描) and drawings that he  27  　Rossetti to look at them and tell him if they were any good, or  28  they at least showed potential(潜在的)talent.

Rossetti looked them  29  carefully. After the first few, he knew that they were worthless, showing not the least sign of artistic talent. But Rossetti was a  30  man, and he told the elderly  31  as gently as possible that the pictures were of little value and showed little talent. He was sorry,  32  he could not　33  to the man.

The visitor was  34  , but seemed to expect Rossetti’s  35   .He then apologized for  36  Rossetti’s time, but would he just  37  a few more drawings—these done by a(n)  38  art student？Rossetti looked over the  39  batch (一批) of sketches and immediately became  40  over the talent they revealed(显示；透露) .“These,” he said,“Oh, these are good. This young student has great talent. He should be  41  every help and encouragement in his career as an artist. He has a hopeful future if he will work and stick to it.”

Rossetti could see that the old man was  42  moved.“Who is this fine young   artist？” he asked.“Your son？” “No,” said the old man sadly.“It was I  43  painted the pictures forty years ago.  44  I had heard your praise then！For you see, I got discouraged and 45  drawing—too soon.”

1.                A．expected       B．wished         C．visited    D．requested

 

2.                A．wanted         B．made          C．had  D．hoped

 

3.                A．why           B．which          C．that  D．whether

 

4.                A．up            B．over           C．on   D．down

 

5.                A．rude           B．talented        C．kind D．creative

 

6.                A．woman         B．man           C．artist D．poet

 

7.                A．but            B．and            C．or   D．otherwise

 

8.                A．speak          B．apologize       C．lie   D．listen

 

9.                A．annoyed        B．disappointed     C．delighted D．puzzled

 

10.               A．achievement    B．adjustment      C．judgment  D．statement

 

11.               A．turning up      B．making up       C．taking up  D．looking up

 

12.               A．look at         B．glare at         C．aim at D．stare at

 

13.               A．pretty          B．famouse        C．young D．talented

 

14.               A．first           B．second         C．third  D．last

 

15.               A．enthusiastic     B．sad            C．angry D．bad

 

16.               A．made          B．learnt          C．taught D．given

 

17.               A．slightly         B．deeply         C．barely D．smoothly

 

18.               A．what           B．which          C．whom D．who

 

19.               A．Only if         B．If only          C．If so  D．If any

 

20.               A．insisted on      B．led to          C．headed to D．gave up