Question

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1 and when I was 14 years old, he predicted, “You are never to be 2 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 3 could have happened to me. I 4 I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove 5 her that what people said about me had gone 6, especially her mother, who once said to me, “Let’s 7 it. You’ve failed every thing you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 8 and went to 9. My first novel 10 while I was still a college student.
After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended 11 classes at London University, where I 12 a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 13 that job to write full time when I was 14 a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself---here was a working-class boy who’d 15 school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career 16 when I discovered my own writing 17. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 18 what does it mean? I just wish that all those people who have 19 me down had just said, “I believe in you and you will be 20.”

1. 1.
   1. A.
      naughty
   2. B.
      lazy
   3. C.
      useless
   4. D.
      raggy
2. 2.
   1. A.
      nothing
   2. B.
      something
   3. C.
      everything
   4. D.
      anything
3. 3.
   1. A.
      when
   2. B.
      that
   3. C.
      which
   4. D.
      as
4. 4.
   1. A.
      thought
   2. B.
      promised
   3. C.
      decided
   4. D.
      expected
5. 5.
   1. A.
      to
   2. B.
      for
   3. C.
      with
   4. D.
      at
6. 6.
   1. A.
      ridiculous
   2. B.
      acceptable
   3. C.
      believable
   4. D.
      wrong
7. 7.
   1. A.
      see
   2. B.
      face
   3. C.
      treat
   4. D.
      react
8. 8.
   1. A.
      writing
   2. B.
      experiment
   3. C.
      practice
   4. D.
      composition
9. 9.
   1. A.
      school
   2. B.
      college
   3. C.
      club
   4. D.
      company
10. 10.
    1. A.
       went across
    2. B.
       put aside
    3. C.
       came out
    4. D.
       set off
11. 11.
    1. A.
       lecture
    2. B.
       writing
    3. C.
       teaching
    4. D.
       evening
12. 12.
    1. A.
       received
    2. B.
       accepted
    3. C.
       gave
    4. D.
       offered
13. 13.
    1. A.
       giving up
    2. B.
       paying for
    3. C.
       signing up
    4. D.
       ridding of
14. 14.
    1. A.
       paid
    2. B.
       made
    3. C.
       offered
    4. D.
       tried
15. 15.
    1. A.
       finished
    2. B.
       gone
    3. C.
       delayed
    4. D.
       left
16. 16.
    1. A.
       made off
    2. B.
       took off
    3. C.
       gave off
    4. D.
       moved off
17. 17.
    1. A.
       style
    2. B.
       habit
    3. C.
       idea
    4. D.
       skill
18. 18.
    1. A.
       Therefore
    2. B.
       But
    3. C.
       Though
    4. D.
       For
19. 19.
    1. A.
       written
    2. B.
       turned
    3. C.
       torn
    4. D.
       put
20. 20.
    1. A.
       cheerful
    2. B.
       enjoyable
    3. C.
       successful
    4. D.
       forgettable

Answer 1

CDBCA DBABC DAACD BABDC
作者通过自己的努力向别人证明自己很成功！
1.C 上下文串联。根据上文我在学校表现很差可知校长认为我没有用处。
2.D 词义辨析。Anything成功的人或事。这里是指校长认为我永远都不会成功。
3.B 语法分析。本句考察的是强调句型。强调主语the best thing。
4.C 动词辨析。A思考；B允诺；C决定；D期待；根据句意可知我决定要做一些积极的事情。
5.A 固定词组。Prove to sb向某人证明。这里可知是我想向别人证明他们的说法是错的。
6.D 形容词辨析。解析同上。
7.B 动词辨析。A看见；B直面；C对待，治疗；D反应；这里是指我们直面这一切。
8.A 上下文串联。根据下文的novel可知是指写作。
9.B 上下文串联。根据下文的a college student可知是指上大学。
10.C 短语辨析。A穿过，横过；B放在一边；C出版；D引爆，使发生；这里是指我的小说出版。
11.D 上下文串联。上文提及白天教学，晚上参加夜校。
12.A 动词辨析。A收到；B接受；C给；D提供。这里是指我得到了学位。
13.A 短语辨析。A放弃；B付钱买…；C报名；D清除；结合上下文可知我要放弃工作专职写作。
14.C 动词辨析。这里是指利兹大学给我提供了一份全职工作。
15.D 词组辨析。Leave school毕业。这里是指我为自己感到自豪，很早就中学毕业，现在却在大学教书。
16.B 短语辨析。A匆匆逃走；B事业成功；C发出；D离开。这里是指我的事业成功了。
17.A 上下文串联。这里是指我我发现了自己的写作风格。
18.B 上下文串联。上文提及我已经很有名誉了，但是这又意味着什么呢？
19.D 固定词组。Put down看不起，轻视；结合上下文可知D正确。是指过去看不起我的人。
20.上下文串联。与文字开头相对应，开头是别人说我是失败的人，这里希望别人承认我的成功。