题目内容：

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      I wanted 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        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        of myself — here 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. simple C. uselessD. hopeful

2.A. anything    B. somethingC. everything D. nothing

3.A. low B. poorC. good D. useful

4.A. support     B. happinessC. surprise D. thing

5.A. agreedB. decided  C. planned D. told

6.A. me     B. themC. herD. it

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

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

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. shy                B. proud C. happy         D. surprised

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