I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 36 and when I was 14 years old, he predicted, “You are never to be 37 but a failure.”
After 5 years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing 38 could have happened to me. I 39 I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove 40 her that what people said about me had gone 41 , especially her mother, who once said to me, “Let’s 42 it. You’ve failed every thing you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 43 and went to 44 . My first novel 45 while I was still a college student.
After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended 46 classes at London University, where I 47 a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 48 that job to write full time when I was 49 a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself---here was a working-class boy who’d 50 school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career 51 when I discovered my own writing 52 . Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 53 what does it mean? I just wish that all those people who have 54 me down had just said, “I believe in you and you will be 55 .”
【小题1】A．naughtyB．lazyC．uselessD．raggy【小题2】A. nothing B. something C everything D. anything
【小题3】A．whenB．thatC．whichD．as【小题4】A．thoughtB．promisedC．decidedD．expected【小题5】A．toB．for C．withD．at【小题6】A．ridiculousB．acceptableC．believableD．wrong【小题7】A．seeB．faceC．treatD．react【小题8】A．writingB．experimentC．practiceD．position【小题9】A．schoolB．collegeC．clubD．pany【小题10】A．went acrossB．put asideC．came outD．set off【小题11】A．lectureB．writingC．teachingD．evening【小题12】A．receivedB．acceptedC．gaveD．offered【小题13】A．giving upB．paying forC．signing upD．ridding of【小题14】A．paidB．madeC．offeredD．tried【小题15】A．finishedB．goneC．delayedD．left【小题16】A．made offB．took offC．gave offD．moved off【小题17】A．styleB．habitC．ideaD．skill【小题18】A．ThereforeB．ButC．ThoughD．For【小题19】A．writtenB．turnedC．tornD．put【小题20】A．cheerfulB．enjoyableC．successfulD．forgettableC
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(答案→)C
解析：作者通过自己的努力向别人证明自己很成功！
【小题1】C 上下文串联。根据上文我在学校表现很差可知校长认为我没有用处。
【小题2】D 词义辨析。Anything成功的人或事。这里是指校长认为我永远都不会成功。
【小题3】B 语法分析。本句考察的是强调句型。强调主语the best thing。
【小题4】C 动词辨析。A思考；B允诺；C决定；D期待；根据句意可知我决定要做一些积极的事情。
【小题5】A 固定词组。Prove to sb向某人证明。这里可知是我想向别人证明他们的说法是错的。
【小题6】D 形容词辨析。解析同上。
【小题7】B 动词辨析。A看见；B直面；C对待，治疗；D反应；这里是指我们直面这一切。
【小题8】A 上下文串联。根据下文的novel可知是指写作。
【小题9】B 上下文串联。根据下文的a college student可知是指上大学。
【小题10】C 短语辨析。A穿过，横过；B放在一边；C出版；D引爆，使发生；这里是指我的小说出版。
【小题11】D 上下文串联。上文提及白天教学，晚上参加夜校。
【小题12】A 动词辨析。A收到；B接受；C给；D提供。这里是指我得到了学位。
【小题13】A 短语辨析。A放弃；B付钱买…；C报名；D清除；结合上下文可知我要放弃工作专职写作。
【小题14】C 动词辨析。这里是指利兹大学给我提供了一份全职工作。
【小题15】D 词组辨析。Leave school毕业。这里是指我为自己感到自豪，很早就中学毕业，现在却在大学教书。
【小题16】B 短语辨析。A匆匆逃走；B事业成功；C发出；D离开。这里是指我的事业成功了。
【小题17】A 上下文串联。这里是指我我发现了自己的写作风格。
【小题18】B 上下文串联。上文提及我已经很有名誉了，但是这又意味着什么呢？
【小题19】D 固定词组。Put down看不起，轻视；结合上下文可知D正确。是指过去看不起我的人。
【小题20】上下文串联。与文字开头相对应，开头是别人说我是失败的人，这里希望别人承认我的成功。