I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1  and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 2  but a failure.”
After five years of 3  jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best  4 that could have happened to me. I 5  I wanted to do something positive (積極地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 6  that what people said about me was 7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 8  it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.”  So I tried hard with my 9  and went to college. My first novel (小說) 10  while I was at college.
`After college I taught during the 11  in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 12 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 13    that job to write full time 14  I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 15  was a working-class boy who’d 16  school early, now teaching at the university
My writing career (職業(yè)) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 17 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 18  what does it mean? I 19  wish all the people that have put me down had 20 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
小題1:
A．brightB．uselessC．simpleD．hopeful
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)nythingB．somethingC．everythingD．nothing
小題3:
A．lowB．poorC．goodD．useful
小題4:
A．supportB．happinessC．surpriseD．thing
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)dmitted (承認)B．decidedC．plannedD．told
小題6:
A．meB．themC．herD．it
小題7:
A．wrongB．rightC．stupidD．bad
小題8:
A．seeB．knowC．understandD．face
小題9:
A．experimentB．practiceC．writingD．composition
小題10:
A．came onB．came inC．came outD．came back
小題11:
A．dayB．nightC．monthD．year
小題12:
A．graduationB．passC．degreeD．success
小題13:
A．giving inB．giving backC．giving outD．giving up
小題14:
A．whileB．ifC．whenD．or
小題15:
A．thereB．hereC．itD．that
小題16:
A．leftB．a(chǎn)ttendedC．changedD．graduated
小題17:
A．tiredB．calmC．nervous .D．famous
小題18:
A．AndB．ButC．HoweverD．Well
小題19:
A．justB．exactlyC．soD．very
小題20:
A．praisedB．saidC．a(chǎn)nsweredD．a(chǎn)dvised

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:B
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:D
小題9:C
小題10:C
小題11:A
小題12:C
小題13:D
小題14:C
小題15:B
小題16:A
小題17:D
小題18:B
小題19:A
小題20:B

小題1:B考查前后照應(yīng)。useless無用的。從上文“I did very badly at school.”可以看出，作者給校長的印象是“無用”。
小題2:考查邏輯推理。根據(jù)never可判斷要選你not be anything but表示“除了……之外”的意思。
小題3:考查邏輯推理。根據(jù)上文中的badly可判斷出作者的學(xué)業(yè)很差。
小題4:考查語境理解。thing事情。句意為：愛上一個中年級的女孩對作者來說是最好的事情。
小題5:考查詞語辨析。decide決定；admit承認；plan計劃；tell告訴。根據(jù)其賓語可以判斷出這是作者做出的決定。
小題6:考查前后照應(yīng)。her指上文提到的那個中年級的女孩。
小題7:考查語境理解。向女孩證明人們說的是錯誤的。
小題8:考查語境理解。句意為：讓我們正視這件事吧，你做每件事都是失敗的。故選face。
小題9:考查前后照應(yīng)。根據(jù)下文中的“my first novel”可判斷出作者要用自己的寫作來證明別人的話是錯誤的。
小題10:考查詞語辨析。come out出版，發(fā)行；come on繼續(xù)前進；come in進來；come back回答。句意為：第一本小說是在上大學(xué)時出版發(fā)行的。
小題11:考查前后照應(yīng)。根據(jù)下文“attended evening classes”可判斷出是在白天教學(xué)。
小題12:考查固定搭配。在歷史學(xué)方面獲得學(xué)位用get a degree in history來表達。
小題13:考查詞語辨析。give up放棄；give in屈服；give back還回；give out分發(fā)。句意為：作者考慮辭去工作做一名專業(yè)作家。
小題14:考查語境理解。when此處意為：就在這時。句意為：這時得到一份兼職工作。
小題15:考查語境理解。here is (are, was, were) 這兒有。
小題16:考查邏輯推斷。從上文可以看出由于作者在學(xué)校里成績很差，過早地離開了學(xué)校。
小題17:考查前后照應(yīng)。famous出名。根據(jù)下文“have been on TV，and met lots of film stars”可判斷出作者出了名。
小題18:考查語法規(guī)則。but表示轉(zhuǎn)折。雖然出了名，但這意味著什么呢？however表示“然而”時，要用逗號與句子分開。
小題19:考查語境理解。just僅僅，只是。表達了作者唯一的希望。
小題20:考查前后照應(yīng)。根據(jù)直接引語可確定選said。
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“Just incredible that he’s alive considering that he had no food, but also since it’s been really cold for some time after Christmas.” a rescue team member told regional daily Vasterbottens- Kuriren, which broke the news.
Ebbe Nyberg, duty officer at the Umea police, said police saw no reason to doubt that the man had been stuck in the car for a very long time.
“We would not make up something like this. The rescue services were on site too and saw the same as us.” he told Vasterbottens-Kuriren.
Umea University Hospital, where the man is recovering after being rescued by police and a rescue team, said in a statement he was doing well considering the circumstances.
Doctors at the hospital said humans would normally be able to survive for about four weeks without food. Besides eating snow, the man probably survived by going into a dormant-like(休眠似的）state, physician Stefan Branth told Vasterbottens-Kuriren.
“A bit like a bear that hibernates. Humans can do that.” he said. “He probably had a body temperature of around 31 degrees which the body adjusted to. Due to the low temperature, not much energy was used up.”
“Why the man ended up under the snow in the forest remains unknown,” police said.
小題1:Who found the Swedish man in the snow?
A．Snowmobilers.B．The police.C．A rescue team.D．Local people.
小題2:“Police saw no reason to doubt that the man had been stuck in the car for a very long time.” implies that 　　　　.
A．police didn’t think it trueB．police were sure of the fact
C．police had some doubt on the factD．police had reasons to doubt the fact
小題3:The reason why the man could survive was most probably that 　　　　.
A．he was only forty-five year oldB．he did not use any energy
C．he slept in the sleeping bag D．he was in a dormant-like state
小題4:Which is the correct order of the following events?
a．The Swedish man was stuck in the snow.
b．He was sent to Umea University Hospital.
c．He was found by snowmobilers.
d．He was recovering after treatment.
e．He stayed in his car for nearly two months.
f．He was dug out by people.
A．e, a, c, d, f, bB．a(chǎn), e, c, f, b, d
C．a(chǎn), f, c, e, b, dD．e, c, f, a, d, b
小題5:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A．A Traffic AccidentB．A Long Sleep in Winter
C．An Incredible SurvivalD．A Successful Rescue

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A car drew up outside the Swan Hotel and a young man got out．Pausing only for a moment to see that he had come to the right place，he went into the hotel and rang the bell on the counter of the bar．
Mrs．Crump，the landlady，who was busy in the kitchen at the time，hurried out，wiping her hands．The young man raised his hat．
“Excuse me，”he said．“I’m looking for my uncle，Mr．White．I believe he is staying here．”
“He was staying here．”Mrs．Crump corrected him．“But I’m afraid that he went back to London yesterday．”
“Oh，dear，”said the young man，looking disappointed．“I understood that he was going to stay here until the end of the month．At least that is what his servant told me when I rang up his house．”
“Quite right，”said Mrs，Cramp．“He planned to stay here the whole of July，as he always does． But yesterday he got a telegram to say that his relative was ill．So he caught the train back to London immediately．”
“I wish he had let me know, ”The young man said．“I wrote him a letter saying that I was coming．I’ve had all this trouble for nothing．Well，since he isn’t here，there’s no point in waiting．”
He thanked Mrs．Grump and went out．Mrs．Grump went to the window and watched him drive off．When his car was out of sight，she called out：“You can come out now, Mr．White. He’s gone．”
Mr．White came out of the kitchen，where he had been waiting．
“Many thanks，Mrs．Grump，”he said，laughing，“you did that very well．These nephews of mine never gave me any peace．That young man is the worst of them all．As you see，when he needs money, he even follows me into the country．Well，perhaps next time he won’t warn me by writing a letter!”
小題1:This story is about a man         ．
A．who was very much loved by his nephews
B．whose nephew went to visit him at the hotel
C．who was not willing to meet his nephew
D．whose nephew is always asking him for help
小題2:When his nephew came to the hotel，Mr．White            ．
A．took the train back to London
B．left to visit a sick relative
C．went to pick up a telegram
D．hid himself in the kitchen
小題3:Mr. White didn’t like his nephews because         ．
A．they always follow him around
B．they frequently disturb their relatives
C．they won’t write to him often
D．they usually visit him in hotels

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