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(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 face it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 8 and went to college. My first novel 9 while I was at college.
After college I taught during the 10 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 11 that job to write full time 12 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 13 school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does it mean? I 14 wish all the people that have put me down had 15 “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
【小题1】A．brightB．uselessC．simpleD．hopeful【小题2】A．anythingB．somethingC．everything D．nothing【小题3】A．low B．poorC．good D．useful【小题4】A．support B．happinessC．surprise D．thing【小题5】A．agreedB．decidedC．planned D．told【小题6】A．me B．themC．herD．it【小题7】A．wrongB．right C．stupidD．faulty【小题8】A．experimentB．practiceC．writingD．position【小题9】A．came onB．came inC．came outD．came back【小题10】A．dayB．nightC．monthD．year【小题11】A．giving inB．giving backC．giving outD．giving up【小题12】A．while B．if C．whenD．Or【小题13】A．leftB．attendedC．changedD．graduated【小题14】A．justB．exactlyC．soD．very【小题15】A．praisedB．saidC．answeredD．advisedB
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(答案→)B
解析：这篇短文中的作者小时候在学校做的非常不好，被校长断定成那种不能成功的人。在爱上一位姑娘后，发愤图强，专心写作，上了大学。最后取得了巨大的成功。
【小题1】联系前一句及下文描述，可知此处指的是我的校长认为我没有用，故选B，无用的。
【小题2】不定代词辨析。something一些东西，一般用于肯定句及表示请求建议等含义的疑问句中；anything也是表示一些东西，任何东西，一般用于否定及疑问句中。Nothing没有东西，用于肯定句表示否定含义；everything每件东西。结合语境可知此处指的是校长说，我永远不能做成任何事情，除了成为一个失败者。联系前文副词never，可知选A。
【小题3】联系下文，可知此处指的是可怜的，不好的工作，故选B，可怜的，贫穷的。
【小题4】结合语境可知此处指的是这是发生在我身上的最好的事情，故选D，事情。
【小题5】动词辨析。A.同意；B.决定；C.计划；D.告诉。结合语境可知指的是我决定做一些积极的事情，故选B。
【小题6】联系前文描述，可知此处代词指的是我爱上的女孩，故选C，她。
【小题7】结合语境可知此处指的是让她知道人们说的关于我的话是错误的。故选A，错误的。
【小题8】联系下文My first novel ，可知此处指的是我努力写作，故选C，写作。
【小题9】结合语境可知此处指的是我的第一本小说出版，故选C，出来，出版。
【小题10】名词辨析。A.日子，白天；B.夜晚;C.月份;D.年,联系下文可知此处指的是白天在高中教学,故选A.
【小题11】联系下文to write full time专职写作,可知此处指的是放弃那份工作,故选D.
【小题12】连词辨析. A.然而,当……时。引导时间状语从句时，多强调主从动作同时发生；B.是否，如果；C.既然，当……时；D.或者，否则。结合语境可知此处指的是当我在利兹大学获得一份兼职工作时，故选C。
【小题13】联系前文描述，可知此处指的是一个早早离开学校的工人阶级的孩子，故选A，离开。
【小题14】副词辨析。A.只是，仅仅；B. 恰好的，正是；C.如此，这样；D.非常。联系下文，可知此处指的是我只是希望所有的人……，故选A。
【小题15】联系下文，可知此处指的是我只是希望那些曾经贬低我的人说过：“我相信你，你会成功的。”故选B。