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 some2 and 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 always5 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 I7on the field, I acted like a man electrified. And I acted as if I were alive with a million8.
My biggest thrill came the following morning 9 I read in the New Haven newspaper: “This 10player, Frank, has a barrel (桶) of enthusiasm. He 11 our boys. They looked better than at any time this season.” The newspapers began 12 me the life of the team.
Within two weeks, enthusiasm took me from $250 a month to $1850 a month—it 13 my income by 700 percent! Two years after that, I was 14 third 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 paid 16 on earth. It helps you become more successful, and 17 a healthier, richer and happier life. “To become enthusiastic—act enthusiastically.” Put this rule into 18 for 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!
