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 five 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 (积极地) 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'd  16  school early, now teaching at the university. 

     My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered (发现) 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."

(     )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           

(     )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