I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ____36____ and when I was 14 years old, he predicted, “You are never to be ____37____ but a failure.”
After 5 years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing ____38____ could have happened to me. I ____39____ I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove ___40___ her that what people said about me had gone ___41___, especially her mother, who once said to me, “Let’s ____42____ it. You’ve failed every thing you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my ____43____ and went to ____44____. My first novel ____45____ while I was still a college student.
After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended ____46____ classes at London University, where I ____47____ a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ____48____ that job to write full time when I was ____49____ a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself---here was a working-class boy who’d ___50___ school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career ____51____ when I discovered my own writing ____52____. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. _____53____ what does it mean? I just wish that all those people who have ____54____ me down had just said, “I believe in you and you will be ____55____.”
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We should admit the fact that some families still can not afford their children going to school education, university ________.
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---It’s nearly ten years since my father worked in this company.
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Diana Velex does everything with maximum effort — and at maximum speed. That 41 learning a new language, completing two certificates and opening a store.
When arriving in Canada in 2008, she had one 42 : to have what she had back home in Colombia. “I didn’t want to 43 what I do, like so many who come to a new country.” she said. “I 44 to open a store here in Canada but knew I had to 45 myself properly.”
Diana quickly realize that making her dream of shop ownership in Canada a 46 meant going to school to get the 47 education and certification. “My experience of owning a shop and working as a designer in Colombia gave me 48 in my abilities. But I couldn’t speak the language and I had to 49 how to do things in Canada. It was like having to 50 all over again,” said Diana.
51 , she found just the help she needed for relaunch（重新开张） 52 continuing education at George Brown College. She began taking 53 for both the Essential Skills in Fashion Certificate and the image Consulting Certificate in May 2009. 54 Diana met with the language barrier, she was always going 55 while at college.
By the end of October 2009, she had completed all certificate requirements. Within two years after her 56 in Canada, Diana at last achieved her 57 goal when her new store opened its doors in Toronto’s Sheppard Center．She was on the fast-track to 58 .
Looking back, Diana, a fashion designer, 59 her achievements to the goal she set, the education she received from the college, and 60 the efforts she made. Now Diana is very happy doing what she is doing.
1.A. requires B. encourages C. includes D. advises
2.A. goal B. memory C. choice D. problem
3.A. continue B. choose C. change D. lose
4.A. demanded B. decided C. agreed D. hesitated
5. A. teach B. prepare C. enjoy D. persuade
6.A. reality B. fact C. challenge D. wonder
7.A. physical B. private C. primary D. necessary
8.A. pressure B. judgement C. influence D. confidence
9.A. put away B. depend on C. learn about D. look into
10.A. advance B. start C. suffer D. work
11.A. Naturally B. Gradually C. Luckily D. Clearly
12.A. through B. for C. before D. with
13.A. notes B. responsibilities C. chances D. courses
14.A. Though B. As C. Since D. Once
15.A. around B. back C. ahead D. out
16.A. adventure B. arrival C. performance D. journey
17.A. original B. common C. another D. distant
18.A. success B. wealth C. glory D. happiness
19.A. adds B. connects C. devotes D. owes
20.A. after all B. above all C. at least D. at first
I hope there are enough glasses for each guest to have ______.
A. it B. those C. them D. one
