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(積極地) 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 face it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my  8  and went to college. My first novel   9 while I was at college.
After college I taught during the   10  in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of   11  that job to write full time   12  I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself. —Here was a working-class boy who’d   13 school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does it mean? I   14  wish all the people that have put me down had  15  “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
小題1:
A．brightB．uselessC．simpleD．hopeful
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)nythingB．somethingC．everything D．nothing
小題3:
A．low B．poorC．good D．useful
小題4:
A．support B．happinessC．surprise D．thing
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)greedB．decidedC．planned D．told
小題6:
A．me B．themC．herD．it
小題7:
A．wrongB．right C．stupidD．faulty
小題8:
A．experimentB．practiceC．writingD．composition
小題9:
A．came onB．came inC．came outD．came back
小題10:
A．dayB．nightC．monthD．year
小題11:
A．giving inB．giving backC．giving outD．giving up
小題12:
A．while B．if C．whenD．Or
小題13:
A．leftB．a(chǎn)ttendedC．changedD．graduated
小題14:
A．justB．exactlyC．soD．very
小題15:
A．praisedB．saidC．a(chǎn)nsweredD．a(chǎn)dvised

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:B
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:C
小題9:C
小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:A
小題14:A
小題15:B

試題分析：這篇短文中的作者小時候在學(xué)校做的非常不好，被校長斷定成那種不能成功的人。在愛上一位姑娘后，發(fā)憤圖強(qiáng)，專心寫作，上了大學(xué)。最后取得了巨大的成功。
小題1:聯(lián)系前一句及下文描述，可知此處指的是我的校長認(rèn)為我沒有用，故選B，無用的。
小題2:不定代詞辨析。something一些東西，一般用于肯定句及表示請求建議等含義的疑問句中；anything也是表示一些東西，任何東西，一般用于否定及疑問句中。Nothing沒有東西，用于肯定句表示否定含義；everything每件東西。結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是校長說，我永遠(yuǎn)不能做成任何事情，除了成為一個失敗者。聯(lián)系前文副詞never，可知選A。
小題3:聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是可憐的，不好的工作，故選B，可憐的，貧窮的。
小題4:結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是這是發(fā)生在我身上的最好的事情，故選D，事情。
小題5:動詞辨析。A.同意；B.決定；C.計劃；D.告訴。結(jié)合語境可知指的是我決定做一些積極的事情，故選B。
小題6:聯(lián)系前文描述，可知此處代詞指的是我愛上的女孩，故選C，她。
小題7:結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是讓她知道人們說的關(guān)于我的話是錯誤的。故選A，錯誤的。
小題8:聯(lián)系下文My first novel ，可知此處指的是我努力寫作，故選C，寫作。
小題9:結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是我的第一本小說出版，故選C，出來，出版。
小題10:名詞辨析。A.日子，白天；B.夜晚;C.月份;D.年,聯(lián)系下文可知此處指的是白天在高中教學(xué),故選A.
小題11:聯(lián)系下文to write full time專職寫作,可知此處指的是放棄那份工作,故選D.
小題12:連詞辨析. A.然而,當(dāng)……時。引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句時，多強(qiáng)調(diào)主從動作同時發(fā)生；B.是否，如果；C.既然，當(dāng)……時；D.或者，否則。結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是當(dāng)我在利茲大學(xué)獲得一份兼職工作時，故選C。
小題13:聯(lián)系前文描述，可知此處指的是一個早早離開學(xué)校的工人階級的孩子，故選A，離開。
小題14:副詞辨析。A.只是，僅僅；B. 恰好的，正是；C.如此，這樣；D.非常。聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是我只是希望所有的人……，故選A。
小題15:聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是我只是希望那些曾經(jīng)貶低我的人說過：“我相信你，你會成功的�！惫蔬xB。
點評：這篇短文內(nèi)容比較簡單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯(lián)系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯(lián)系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當(dāng)修改。個別小題可以當(dāng)作單獨的詞義辨析題來做，先區(qū)分詞義，結(jié)合語境選出最能使語句通順的答案。
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