阅读理解YearsagowhenIstartedlookingformyfirstjobwiseadvisersadvised．“Barbarabeenthusiastic!Enthusiasmwilltakeyoufurtherthananyamountofexperience”Howrighttheywer

　　阅读理解

　　YearsagowhenIstartedlookingformyfirstjobwiseadvisersadvised．“Barbarabeenthusiastic!Enthusiasmwilltakeyoufurtherthananyamountofexperience”Howrighttheywere!

　　“Nothinggreatwaseverachievedwithoutenthusiasm．”wroteRalphWaldoEmerson．Itisthepastethathelpsyouhangontherewhenthethingsgettough．Itistheinnervoicethatwhispers“Icandoit!”Whenothersshout“Noyoucan’t!”IttookyearsandyearsfortheearlyworkofBarbaraMclintockageneticistwhowonthe1983NobelPrizeinmedicinetobegenerallyaccepted．Yetshedidn’tstopworkingonherexperiments．

　　Weareallbornwithwide-eyedenthusiasticwonderanditisthischildlikewonderthatgivesenthusiasticpeoplesuchyouthfulairwhatevertheirage．At90cellistPabloCasalswouldstarthisdaybyplayingBach．Asthemusicflowedthroughhisfingershisstoopedshoulderswouldstraightenandjoywouldreappearinhiseyes．AsauthorandpoetSamuelUlmanoncewrote“Yearswrinklytheskinbuttogiveupenthusiasmwrinklesthesoul．”

　　Enthusiasticpeoplealsolovewhattheydoregardlessofmoneyortitleorpower．PatriciaMellratlretireddirectoroftheMissouriRepertoryTheaterinKansasCitywasonceaskedwhereshegotherenthusiasm．Shereplied“Myfatherlongagotoldme，InevermadeadimeuntilIstoppedworkingformoney．”

　　Wecan’taffordtowastetearson“might-have-been”．Weneedtoturnthetearsintosweataswegoafter“what-can-be”．Weneedtoliveeachmomentwhole-heartedlywithalloursenses-findingpleasureinthesweetsmellofaback-yardgardenthesimplepictureofasix-year-oldthebeautyofarainbow．

　　(1)

　　Whatisthepassagemainlytalkingabout?

　　[]A．

　　Enthusiasmismoreimportantthanexperience．

　　B．

　　Enthusiasmcangivepeoplemoresuccessandfame．

　　C．

　　Enthusiasticpeoplewillnevergetold．