20.A. whispering B.
laughing
C. screaming D. crying
高三英语专项训练--完形填空(五)
I did very badly
at school. My headmaster thought I was 1 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never
going to be 2 but a failure.”
After
5 years of 3 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice
middle-class girl. It was the best
4 that could have happened to me. I 5 I wanted to do something positive with my
life because I wanted to prove to 6 that what people said about me was 7 . Especially her mother, who had
said to me, “Let’s 8 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve
ever done.” So I tried hard with my 9 and went to college. My first novel 10 while I was at college.
After
college I taught during the 11 in high schools and attended evening
classes at London University, where I got a 12 in history. I became a lecturer at a
college and was thinking of 13 that job to write full time 14 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds
University. I began to feel proud of myself-
15 was a working class boy who had 16
School early, now teaching at the
University.
My
writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 17 , have been on TV, and met lots of film
stars. 18 what does it mean? I 19 wish all the people that have put me down
had 20 : “I believe in you. You’ll
succeed.”