I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was      and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be        but a failure.”
After five years of        jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing that could have happened to me. I       I wanted to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to her that what people said about me was        . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s        it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my      and went to college. My first novel _     while I was at college.
After college I taught during the __    in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of       that job to write full time        I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself —here was a working--class boy who’d        school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and      , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.        what does it mean? I just wish all the people that have put me down had      : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
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A．brightB．uselessC．simpleD．hopeful
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)nythingB．somethingC．everythingD．nothing
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A．lowB．poorC．good D．useful
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A．a(chǎn)greedB．decidedC．plannedD．told
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A．wrongB．rightC．stupidD．faulty
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A．seeB．knowC．understandD．face
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A．experimentB．practiceC．writingD．composition
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A．came onB．came inC．came outD．came back
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A．dayB．nightC．monthD．year
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A．giving inB．giving backC．giving outD．giving up
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A．whileB．ifC．whenD．or
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A．leftB．a(chǎn)ttendedC．changedD．graduated
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A．tiredB．calmC．nervous .D．famous
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A．AndB．ButC．HoweverD．Well
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A．praisedB．saidC．a(chǎn)nsweredD．a(chǎn)dvised

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小題11:C
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小題15:B

試題分析:本文講述作者從小被人看扁，在遇到喜歡人后決心改變最后成功的故事。他憑借自己寫作的能力在大學教書，而后又發(fā)展了自己的寫作風格，最終成為一名知名的作家。
小題1:考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：我的校長說我是我無用的，并在我十四歲時說“你除了失敗什么也做不成�！盇. bright“明亮的”；B. useless “無用的”；C. simple“簡單的”；D. hopeful“有希望的”。聯(lián)系上下文，故選B。
小題2:考查不定代詞及語境的理解。句意：我的校長說我是我無用的，并在我十四歲時說“你除了失敗什么也做不成�！盇. anything“任何事物”；B. something“某事物”；C. everything“一切事物”；D. nothing“沒有什么”。結(jié)合語境，故選A。
小題3:考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：在五年的貧窮工作之后，我愛上了一個工人階級的女孩。A. low“低的”；B. poor“貧窮的”；C. good“好的”；D. useful“有用的”。后文說作者決定做些積極的事情，可知此空選B。
小題4:考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：我想要在我的生命中做一些積極的事情，我想要證明給她看別人說的都是錯誤的。A. agreed“同意”；B. decided“決定”；C. planned“計劃”；D. told“告訴”。故選B。
小題5:考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：我想要在我的生命中做一些積極的事情，我想要證明給她看別人說的都是錯誤的。A. wrong“錯誤的”；B. right“正確的”；    C.stupid“愚蠢的”；D. faulty“有缺陷的”。結(jié)合語境，故選A。
小題6:考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：讓我們面對吧，你所做的一切都會失敗的。A. see“看見”；B. know“知道”；C. understand“理解”；D. face“面對”。結(jié)合語境，故選D。
小題7:考查名及語境的理解。句意：所以我努力寫作并去了大學。A. experiment“實驗”；B. practice“練習”；C. writing“寫作”；D. composition“競賽”。結(jié)合語境，故選C。
小題8:考查動詞短語及語境的理解。句意：當我在大學時，我的第一篇小說出版了。A. came on“加油”；B. came in“進來”；C. came out“出版”；D. came back“回來”。結(jié)合語境，故選C。
小題9:考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：大學畢業(yè)以后，我白天寫作晚上在倫敦大學上夜校。A. day“白天”；B. night“晚上；C. month“月份”；D. year“年”。后半句說晚上讀夜校，故選A。
小題10:考查動詞短語及語境的理解。句意：我成為了大學里的一名講師并當利茲大學為我提供一份兼職工作時我考慮放棄了寫作的全職工作。A. giving in“呈交”；B. giving back“歸還”；C. giving out“分發(fā)”；D. giving up“放棄”。結(jié)合語境，故選D。
小題11:考查連詞及語境的理解。句意：我成為了大學里的一名講師并當利茲大學為我提供一份兼職工作時我考慮放棄了寫作的全職工作。A. while“當…時候，后跟延續(xù)性動詞”；B. if“如果”；C. when“當…時候”；D. or“或者”。結(jié)合語境，故選C。
小題12:考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：我尅是以自己為傲，一個工人階級的男孩早早的離開了學校，現(xiàn)在是一名大學講師。A. left“離開”；B. attended“參加”；C. changed“改變”；D. graduated“畢業(yè)”。結(jié)合語境，故選A。
小題13:考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：我現(xiàn)在很富有并且很出名，上過電視也見過很多影視明星。A. tired“勞累的”；B. calm“平靜的，冷靜的”；C. nervous“緊張的”；D. famous“著名的”。結(jié)合語境，故選D。
小題14:考查連詞及語境的理解。句意：但是那意味著什么呢？A. And“并且”；B. But“但是”；C. However“然而”；D. Well“很好”。結(jié)合語境，可知是轉(zhuǎn)折關系。而however后必須要有逗號。故選B。。           
小題15:考查動詞及語境的理解。我就希望所有貶低我的人對我說：“我相信你。你一定會成功的�！盇. praised“贊揚”；B. said“說”；C. answered“回答”；D. advised“建議”。結(jié)合語境，故選B。
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