阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 ________ that could have happened to me. I ________ to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to ________ 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 (小说) ________ 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 ________ 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 — ________ was a working-class boy who’d ________ 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 ________, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. ________ what does it mean? I ________ 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. everythingD. nothing
3.A. lowB. poorC. goodD. useful
4.A. supportB. happinessC. surpriseD. thing
5.A. admittedB. decidedC. plannedD. told
6.A. meB. themC. herD. it
7.A. wrongB. rightC. stupidD. faulty
8.A. seeB. knowC. understandD. face
9.A. experimentB. practiceC. writingD. composition
10.A. came onB. came inC. came outD. came back
11.A. dayB. nightC. monthD. year
12.A. graduationB. passC. degreeD. success
13.A. giving inB. giving backC. giving outD. giving up
14.A. whileB. ifC. whenD. or
15.A. thereB. hereC. itD. that
16.A. leftB. attendedC. changedD. graduated
17.A. tiredB. calmC. nervousD. famous
18.A. AndB. ButC. HoweverD. Well
19.A. justB. exactlyC. soD. very
20.A. praisedB. saidC. answeredD. advised
He arrived in New Orleans without a penny in his pocket only ________ that there were no boats for South America.
A. findB. findingC. foundD. to find
The matter ________ our study surely requires ________ carefully.
A. related to; dealing with
B. relating to; dealt with
C. related to; being dealt with
D. relating to; having dealt with
The difficulty which we had ________ with the local people has now been removed.
A.communicationB.to communicate
C.communicatedD.communicating
Limited natural resources should be made full use of ________ the ________ need of energy.
A.to meet;increasingB.to meet;increased
C.meeting;increasingD.meeting;increased
Measures must be ________ to prevent the world economy from ________.
A.done, further endangering
B.carried, being further endangered
C.taken, being further endangered
D.made, being further endangered
