Question

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was     and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be       but a failure.”

After five years of       jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing that could have happened to me. I     I wanted to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to her that what people said about me was       . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s       it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my     and went to college. My first novel _     while I was at college.

After college I taught during the __    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     that job to write full time       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       school early, now teaching at the university.

My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and     , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.       what does it mean? I just wish all the people that have put me down had     : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

1.A. brightB. uselessC. simpleD. hopeful

2.A. anythingB. somethingC. everything     D. nothing

3.A. lowB. poorC. good D. useful

4.A. agreedB. decidedC. plannedD. told

5.A. wrongB. rightC. stupid   D. faulty

6.A. seeB. know       C. understand  D. face

7.A. experimentB. practice     C. writing     D. composition

8.A. came onB. came in     C. came out   D. came back

9.A. dayB. night       C. month      D. year

10.A. giving inB. giving back C. giving out   D. giving up

11.A. whileB. ifC. when      D. or

12.A. leftB. attended     C. changed     D. graduated

13.A. tiredB. calm       C. nervous .    D. famous

14.A. AndB. But         C. However    D. Well

15.A. praisedB. said        C. answered   D. advised

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.B

【解析】

试题分析:本文讲述作者从小被人看扁，在遇到喜欢人后决心改变最后成功的故事。他凭借自己写作的能力在大学教书，而后又发展了自己的写作风格，最终成为一名知名的作家。

1.

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3.形容词及语境的理解。句意：在五年的贫穷工作之后，我爱上了一个工人阶级的女孩。A. low“低的”；B. poor“贫穷的”；C. good“好的”；D. useful“有用的”。后文说作者决定做些积极的事情，可知此空选B。

4.B。

5.“有缺陷的”。结合语境，故选A。

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.句意：我成为了大学里的一名讲师并当利兹大学为我提供一份兼职工作时我考虑放弃了写作的全职工作。A. giving in“呈交”；B. giving back“归还”；C. giving out“分发”；D. giving up“放弃”。结合语境，故选D。

11.考查连词及语境的理解。句意：我成为了大学里的一名讲师并当利兹大学为我提供一份兼职工作时我考虑放弃了写作的全职工作。A. while“当…时候，后跟延续性动词”；B. if“如果”；C. when“当…时候”；D. or“或者”。结合语境，故选C。

12.考查动词及语境的理解。句意：我尅是以自己为傲，一个工人阶级的男孩早早的离开了学校，现在是一名大学讲师。A. left“离开”；B. attended“参加”；C. changed“改变”；D. graduated“毕业”。结合语境，故选A。

13.考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：我现在很富有并且很出名，上过电视也见过很多影视明星。A. tired“劳累的”；B. calm“平静的，冷静的”；C. nervous“紧张的”；D. famous“著名的”。结合语境，故选D。

14.考查连词及语境的理解。句意：但是那意味着什么呢？A. And“并且”；B. But“但是”；C. However“然而”；D. Well“很好”。结合语境，可知是转折关系。而however后必须要有逗号。故选B。。

15.考查动词及语境的理解。我就希望所有贬低我的人对我说：“我相信你。你一定会成功的。”A. praised“赞扬”；B. said“说”；C. answered“回答”；D. advised“建议”。结合语境，故选B。