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 beat4 that could have happened to me. I 5 ! wanted-to do something positive (积极地) 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 (小说) 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 (职业) 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.”
1. A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful
2. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
3. A. low B. poor C. good D. useful
4. A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing
5. A. admitted B. decided C. planned D. told
6. A. me B. them C. her D. it
7. A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty
8. A. see B. know C. understand D. face
9. A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition
10. A. came on B. came in C. came out D. came back
11. A. day B. night C. month D. year
12. A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success
13. A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up
14. A. while B. if C. when D. or
15. A. there B. here C. it D. that
16. A. left B. attended C. changed D. graduated
17. A. tired B. calm C. nervous D. famous
18. A. And B. But C. However D. Well
19. A. just B. exactly C. so D. very
20. A. praised B. said C. answered D. advised
答案:
1~5 BABDB 6~10 CADCC 11~15 ACDCB 16~20 ADBAB
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