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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.composition
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.advised
答案

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:C

小题9:C

小题10:A

小题11:D

小题12:C

小题13:A

小题14:A

小题15:B

题目分析: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。

点评:这篇短文内容比较简单,理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密,答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍,看看是否符合逻辑,适当修改。个别小题可以当作单独的词义辨析题来做,先区分词义,结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。

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