Yearsago,whenIstartedlookingformyfirstjob,wiseadvisersadvised,“Barbara,beenthusiastic（热情的）!Enthusiasmwilltakeyoufurtherthananyamountofexperience.”Howrighttheywere!“Nothinggreatwaseverdonewithout

　　Yearsago,whenIstartedlookingformyfirstjob,wiseadvisersadvised, “Barbara,beenthusiastic（热情的）!Enthusiasmwilltakeyoufurtherthananyamountofexperience.”Howrighttheywere!

　　“Nothinggreatwaseverdonewithoutenthusiasm,”wroteRalphWaldoEmerson.Itisthepaste（浆糊）thathelpsyouhangintherewhenthethingsgettough.Itistheinnervoicethattellsyou,“Icandoit!”whenothersshout,“No,youcan’t!”IttookyearsandyearsfortheearlyworkofBarbaraMcClintock,ageneticistwhowonthe1983NobelPrizeinmedicine,tobegenerallyaccepted.Yetshedidn’tstopworkingonherexperiments.

　　Weareallbornwithwide-eyed,enthusiasticwonderanditisthechildlikewonderthatgivesenthusiasticpeoplesuchyouthfulair,whatevertheirage.At90,cellistPabloCasalswouldstarthisdaybyplayingthecello（大提琴）.Asthemusicflowedthroughhisfingers,hisshoulderswouldstraightenandjoywouldreappearinhiseyes.AswriterandpoetSamuelUllmanonceworte,“Yearswrinkle(起皱纹)theskin,buttogiveupenthusiasmwrinklesthesoul.”

　　Enthusiasticpeoplealsolovewhattheydo,notconsideringmoneyortitleorpower.PatriciaMellratl,aretireddirectoroftheMissouriRpertoryTheaterinKansasCity,wasonceaskedwhereshegotherenthusiasm.Shereplied,“Myfather,longago,toldme,‘InevermadeanymoneyuntilIstoppedworkingforit.’”

　　Wecan’taffordtowastetearson“might-have-been”.Weneedtoturnthetearsintosweataswegoafter“what-can-be”.Weneedtoliveeachmomentwhole-heartedly,withalloursensesfindingpleasureinthesweetofabackyardgarden,thesimplepictureofasix-year-old,andthebeautyofarainbow.

　　小题1:Whatisthepassagemainlytalkingabout?A．Enthusiasmismoreimportantthanexperience.B．EnthusiasmcangivepeoplemoresuccessandfameC．EnthusiasticpeoplewillnevergetoldD．Enthusiasmcanmakeyousucceedandenjoylife.小题2:Wecaninferthatenthusiasmismoreimportantforapersonespeciallywhen__________.A．heisintroubleB．heisgettingoldC．hecandowhatheloveD．hehassucceeded小题3:The