题目内容：

短文填空.

用方框里所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、完整．（每词限用一次）

 

Last week I went to an art show. A painting caught my eyes. To my amazement, it was painted by Steven, one of my  ______1..Then many things about him came into my mind.

Steven was from a poor family. His parents  _______2.not afford to buy him some basic things that he needed. Once our school provided gloves for poor children. I put Steven’s name on the list.  He was so  _____3.when he received a pair .He loved to wear them and they were always  _______4. than anybody else’s.

Steven had a talent for painting and he could  ______5.understand what I described in class .But he didn’t have money to buy the paper for painting. So sometimes I  ______6. him some. He practiced hard and I often show his paintings to the class. He was greatly ______7. .

One day just before the summer vacation ,he came to  _____8. some art books. When the new term began, he showed some of  _____9.paintings to me. I felt shocked. They were good. Then we talked a lot. He said he would keep on. 

Later he was admitted to a famous art university. After graduation, he had many difficulties, but he never gave up. He was always   ______10. his best to improve himself.