阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 Shortly after I started out as a professional baseball player in the Tri-State League, I was fired. “Frank,” the manager said 1, “whatever you do after you leave here, put some 2and enthusiasm into your work!” Well, that was the 3 thing I expected him to say.
A week later,4, I was introduced to the New Haven. My first day here will always 5 in my memory as a great event in my life. No one knew me in the league, so I was 6 to make myself the most enthusiastic ball player they'd ever seen. From the minute I 7on the field, I acted like a man electrified. And I acted as if I were alive with a million 8.
My biggest thrill came the following morning 9I read in the New Haven newspaper: “This10 player, Frank, has a barrel (桶) of enthusiasm. He 11our boys. They looked better than at any time this season.” The newspapers began12 me the life of the team.
Within two weeks, enthusiasm took me from $250 a month to $1850 a month—it13 my income by 700 percent! Two years after that, I was 14third base for the St. Louis and multiplied my income by thirty times. Enthusiasm 15 did it; nothing but enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm is by far the highest paid16 on earth. It helps you become more successful, and 17a healthier, richer and happier life. “To become enthusiastic—act enthusiastically.” Put this rule into 18for thirty days and be prepared to see astonishing 19. It may easily change your entire life. Can you acquire enthusiasm—or must you be born 20it? Certainly you can acquire it!
