阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was   1and when I was 14 he said, "You’re never going to be  2but a failure. "

After five years of  3jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best   _4that could have happened to me. I  5I wanted to do something positive (积极的) with my life because I wanted to prove to  6that what people said about me was   7. Especially her mother, who had said to me, "Let' s  8it, you've failed at everything you've ever done. " So I tried hard with my  9and went to college. My first novel (小说)   10while I was at college.

After college I taught during the   11in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a  12in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of  13_   that job to write full time  14I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself --  15was a working-class boy who'd  16school 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.   18what does it mean? I  19wish all the people that have put me down had _20: "I believe in you. You'll succeed. "

1.A. bright                 B. useless              C. simple          D. hopeful

2.A. anything           B. something            C. everything           D. nothing

3.A. low                B. poor                 C. good                 D. useful

4.A. support            B. happiness            C. surprise             D. thing

5.A. admitted          B. decided              C. planned              D. told

6.A. me                 B. them            C. her                  D. it

7.A. wrong              B. right                C. stupid               D. faulty

8.A. see                B. know                 C. understand         D. face

9.A. experiment        B. practice             C. writing              D. composition

10.A. came on          B. came in              C. came out             D. came back

11.A. day                   B. night                C. month                D. year

12.A. graduation            B. pass                 C. degree            D. success

13.A. giving in             B. giving back          C. giving out         D. giving up

14.A. while                 B. if              C. when                 D. or

15.A. there                 B. here                 C. it                   D. that

16.A. left                  B. attended             C: changed              D. graduated

17.A. tired                 B. calm                 C. nervous              D. famous

18.A. And              B. But                  C. However              D. Well

19.A. just                  B. exactly              C. so               D. very

20.A. praised               B. said                 C. answered             D. advised

 —Maggie had a wonderful time at the party.

— __     , and so did I.

A. So she had        B. So had she         C. So she did         D. So did she

 I really can' t understand __________her like that.

A. you treat          B. you to treat         C. why treat          D. your treating

 He is such a man who is always ________ fault with other people.

A. putting            B. seeking            C. finding            D. looking for

 Great changes have taken place in that school. It is no longer ______ it was 20 years ago, _______ it was so poorly equipped.

A. what; when       B. that; which        C. what; which       D. which; that

 John is the tallest boy in the class, ___________ according to himself.

A. five foot eight as tall as                   B. as tall as five foot eight

C. as five foot eight tall as                   D. as tall five foot eight as

 -- I'm terribly sorry I broke your glass.-- _____________

A. That' s right       B. Bad luck          C. Sorry             D. You can forget it

 That was really a splendid evening. It' s years _______ I enjoyed myself so much.

A. when             B. that                C. before             D. since

 My _______ of this weekend' s activity is going out with some good friends.

A. idea              B. opinion             C. mind              D. thought

 The manager had fallen asleep where he______, without undressing.

A. was laying         B. was lying            C. had laid           D. had lied