第一节完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项

第一节完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There is a popular saying, “All of us have a Guardian Angel, guiding us”.
Some of the greatest success stories of history have followed a word of   21   or an act of confidence by a loved one or a   22   friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed Nathaniel Hawthorne among the great   23  of literature. When Nathaniel, a   24   man, went home to tell his wife that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in the customs, she surprised him with a cry of joy. 
"Now," she said   25  , "you can write your book!" 
"Yes," replied the man, with little confidence, "and what shall we   26   while I am writing it?"
To his   27  , she opened a drawer and pulled out a sum of money. 
"Where on earth did you get that?" he asked. 
"I have always known you were a man of genius," she told him. "I knew that someday you would write a great novel. So every week, out of the money you gave me for housekeeping, I
28   a little bit. So here is enough to   29   us for one whole year." 
From her trust and   30   came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter. 
21. A. enjoyment   B. encouragement    C. kindness     D. delight
22. A. trusting     B. merciful          C. cautious    D. intelligent
23. A. books      B. novels           C. names      D. nicknames
24. A. successful   B. courageous     C. sorrowful   D. heartbroken
25. A. sadly      B. willingly         C. proudly     D. deliberately
26. A. stick to     B. try out           C. take up      D. live on
27. A. amazement  B. satisfaction       C. expectation  D. disappointment
28. A. spent       B. saved            C. consumed   D. contributed
29. A. lead        B. hold             C. last        D. leave
30. A. confidence   B. experience       C. competence  D. guidance