Question

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.”

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．agreed         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．experiment     B．practice        C．writing   D．composition

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

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

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

12.               A．while          B．if              C．when D．Or

13.               A．left            B．attended       C．changed   D．graduated

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

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

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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.

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.

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。

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。

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。

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。

考点：传记类记述文