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【题目】完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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________ 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________0 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 proud of myself —________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．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．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

Answer 1

【答案】ABCD

【解析】试题分析：本文主要讲我们即便身处劣境，也不要气馁，而应保持积极的心态，努力进取。同时作者也希望人们能给那些表现不很出色的人多一些鼓励。

【1】B考查形容词辨析。A. bright明亮的B. useless无用的C. simple 简单D. hopeful有希望的前句说“我”在学校表现不好，故此处用useless表示校长认为“我”是一个“无用”的人，故选B。

【2】A考查不定代词。anything but 是习语，意为“决不”“根本不”，与其前的否定词never构成双重否定，表示强调的肯定，即校长认为我肯定是一个失败的人，故选。

【3】B考查形容词辨析。 A.low 低的B. poor可怜的C. good好的 D.useful有用的。从下文来看，情况一直都不好，故用poor，故选A。

【4】D考查名词辨析。A. support 支持；B. happiness快乐；C. surprise 惊讶；D. thing事情。对“我”这样一个境况如此糟糕的人来说，能与 a very nice middle-class girl谈恋爱，当然是一件最好的事了，故选D。

【5】B考查动词辨析。A. agreed 同意；B. decided决定；C. planned计划；D. told 告诉。指作者下决心(decide)要做一些积极的事情以改变自己的境况，故选B。

【6】C考查代词。A. me 我；B. them他们；C. her她 ；D. it它。指作者要向其女朋友证明不像别人所说的那样，故选C。

【7】A考查形容词辨析。A. wrong 错误的；B. right 对的；C. stupid愚蠢的；D. faulty有错误的，有缺点的，指作者想证明，人们认为他不行的看法是错误的(wrong)，故选A。

【8】D考查动词辨析。A. see 看到； B. know 知道；C. understand 理解； D. face 面对。Let’s face it 意为“咱们面对现实吧”，故选D。

【9】C考查名词辨析。A. experiment 实验；B. practice 练习； C. writing 写作；D. composition作品，。根据下一句提到的 my first novel 可知此处指的是写作，故选C。

【10】C考查动词词组A. came on 得了吧；B. came in 进来； C. came out 出版； D. came back回来，come out 在此指“出版”，故选C。

【11】A考查名词辨析。during the day与下文的evening class 相对，故选A。

【12】C考查名词辨析。A. graduation 毕业；B. pass 通过； C. degree 学位；D. success成功，get a degree 指获得学位，故选C。

【13】D 考查动词词组辨析。A. giving in 屈服；B. giving back 归还；反射；恢复；C. giving out 分发； D. giving up 放弃，指作者想辞掉工作做一个专职作家，故选D。

【14】C考查连词辨析。A. while 尽管B. if 如果； C. when 当……时候； D. or 或者。指就在那时作者得到了一份在大学兼职的工作，故选C。

【15】B考查副词辨析。here was在这里表示“有……”，故选B。

【16】A考查动词辨析。A. left 离开；B. attended 参加；C. changed 改变；D. graduated毕业。 leave school 指“退学”，故选A。

【17】D考查形容词辨析。A. tired 累的； B. calm 平静的；C. nervous 紧张的D. famous 著名的。下文中说作者出现在电视上，并且与rich 并列，因此填famous，故选D。

【18】B 考查连词辨析。but 表转折，即有钱和有名又能意味什么呢?而however表示“然而”时需与逗号隔开，故选B。

【19】A考查副词辨析。A. just 仅仅；B. exactly准确地 ；C. so 因此；D. Very。非常表示了作者唯一的希望，故选A。

35.【20】B考查动词辨析。A. praised 表扬； B. said 说；C. answered 回答；D. advised建议。“我”只是想，要是那些曾经瞧不起我的人能说“我想信你，你会成功的”该是多好啊，故选B。