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 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.”
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:B
小题1:B考查前后照应。useless无用的。从上文“I did very badly at school.”可以看出，作者给校长的印象是“无用”。
小题2:考查逻辑推理。根据never可判断要选你not be anything but表示“除了……之外”的意思。
小题3:考查逻辑推理。根据上文中的badly可判断出作者的学业很差。
小题4:考查语境理解。thing事情。句意为：爱上一个中年级的女孩对作者来说是最好的事情。
小题5:考查词语辨析。decide决定；admit承认；plan计划；tell告诉。根据其宾语可以判断出这是作者做出的决定。
小题6:考查前后照应。her指上文提到的那个中年级的女孩。
小题7:考查语境理解。向女孩证明人们说的是错误的。
小题8:考查语境理解。句意为：让我们正视这件事吧，你做每件事都是失败的。故选face。
小题9:考查前后照应。根据下文中的“my first novel”可判断出作者要用自己的写作来证明别人的话是错误的。
小题10:考查词语辨析。come out出版，发行；come on继续前进；come in进来；come back回答。句意为：第一本小说是在上大学时出版发行的。
小题11:考查前后照应。根据下文“attended evening classes”可判断出是在白天教学。
小题12:考查固定搭配。在历史学方面获得学位用get a degree in history来表达。
小题13:考查词语辨析。give up放弃；give in屈服；give back还回；give out分发。句意为：作者考虑辞去工作做一名专业作家。
小题14:考查语境理解。when此处意为：就在这时。句意为：这时得到一份兼职工作。
小题15:考查语境理解。here is (are, was, were) 这儿有。
小题16:考查逻辑推断。从上文可以看出由于作者在学校里成绩很差，过早地离开了学校。
小题17:考查前后照应。famous出名。根据下文“have been on TV，and met lots of film stars”可判断出作者出了名。
小题18:考查语法规则。but表示转折。虽然出了名，但这意味着什么呢？however表示“然而”时，要用逗号与句子分开。
小题19:考查语境理解。just仅仅，只是。表达了作者唯一的希望。
小题20:考查前后照应。根据直接引语可确定选said。