I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 21 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 22 but a failure.”
After five years of 23 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best24 that could have happened to me. I25 I wanted to do something positive (積極的) with my life because I wanted to prove to26 that what people said about me was 27. Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s28 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my29 and went to college. My first novel (小說)30 while I was at college.
After college I taught during the31 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 32 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of33 that job to write full time 34 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 35 was a working-class boy who’d 36 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 37 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 38 what does it mean? I39 wish all the people that have put me down had 40 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
21. A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful
22. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
23. A. low B. poor C. good D. useful
24. A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing
25. A. admitted B. decided C. planned D. told
26. A. me B. them C. her D. it
27. A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty
28. A. see B. know C. understand D. face
29. A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition
30. A. came on B. came in C. came out D. came back
31. A. day B. night C. month D. year
32. A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success
33. A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up
34. A. while B. if C. when D. or
35. A. there B. here C. it D. that
36. A. left B. attended C. changed D. graduated
37. A. tired B. calm C. nervous D. famous
38. A. And B. But C. However D. Well
39. A. just B. exactly C. so D. very
40. A. praised B. said C. answered D. advised
答案與解析：
21.B 【解析】考查前后照應(yīng)。useless無(wú)用的。從上文“I did very badly at school.”可以看出，作者給校長(zhǎng)的印象是“無(wú)用”。
22. A 【解析】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。
23. B 【解析】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。
24. D 【解析】考查語(yǔ)境理解。thing事情。句意為：愛上一個(gè)中年級(jí)的女孩對(duì)作者來說是最好的事情。
25. B 【解析】考查詞語(yǔ)辨析。decide決定;admit承認(rèn);plan計(jì)劃;tell告訴。根據(jù)其賓語(yǔ)可以判斷出這是作者做出的決定。
26. C 【解析】考查前后照應(yīng)。her指上文提到的那個(gè)中年級(jí)的女孩。
27. A 【解析】考查語(yǔ)境理解。向女孩證明人們說的是錯(cuò)誤的。
28. D 【解析】考查語(yǔ)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。
29. C 【解析】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(cuò)誤的。
30. C 【解析】考查詞語(yǔ)辨析。come out出版，發(fā)行;come on繼續(xù)前進(jìn);come in進(jìn)來;come back回答。句意為：第一本小說是在上大學(xué)時(shí)出版發(fā)行的。
31. A 【解析】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)。
32. C 【解析】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(dá)。
33. D 【解析】考查詞語(yǔ)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。
34. C 【解析】考查語(yǔ)境理解。when此處意為：就在這時(shí)。句意為：這時(shí)得到一份兼職工作。
35. B 【解析】考查語(yǔ)境理解。here is (are, was, were) 這兒有。
36. A 【解析】考查邏輯推斷。從上文可以看出由于作者在學(xué)校里成績(jī)很差，過早地離開了學(xué)校。
37. D 【解析】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。
38. B 【解析】考查語(yǔ)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(shí)，要用逗號(hào)與句子分開。
39. A 【解析】考查語(yǔ)境理解。just僅僅，只是。表達(dá)了作者唯一的希望。
40. B 【解析】考查前后照應(yīng)。根據(jù)直接引語(yǔ)可確定選said。
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