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____.”

2.A. nothing         B. something        C everything        D. anything

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 36 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be  37  but a failure.”

After five years of 38 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best 39 that could have happened to me. I 40 ! I wanted to do something positive(积极的)with my life because I wanted to prove to 41 that what people said about me was 42 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 43 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done. “So I tried hard with my 44 and went to college. My first novel 45 while I was at college.

After college I taught during the 46 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 47 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 48 that job to write full time 49 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University . I began to feel proud of myself 50 was a working-class boy who’d 51 school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 52 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 53 what does it mean? I 54 wish all the people that have put me down had 55 , “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

36. A. bright          B. useless                    C. simple                           D. hopeful

37. A. anything     B. something               C. everything                      D. nothing

38. A. low           B. poor                      C. good                             D. useful

39. A. support             B. happiness                C. surprise                        D. thing

40. A. admitted             B. decided                    C. planned                   D. told

41. A. me                    B. them                       C. her                                D. it

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

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

44.A. experiment   B. practice                C. writing                          D. composition

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

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

47.A. graduation  B. pass                       C. degree                           D . success

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

49. A. while                B. if                           C. when                             D. or

50.A.there                   B. here                       C. it                                   D. that

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

52.A. tired            B. calm                      C. nervous                  D. famous

53.A. And                   B. But                        C. However                 D. Well

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

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