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 thing that could have happened to me. I       I wanted to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to her 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 degree 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 —here was a working--class boy who’d        school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career 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 just wish all the people that have put me down had      : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

小题1:	A．bright B．useless C．simple D．hopeful

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

小题3:	A．low B．poor C．good D．useful

小题4:	A．agreed B．decided C．planned D．told

小题5:	A．wrong B．right C．stupid D．faulty

小题6:	A．see B．know C．understand D．face

小题7:	A．experiment B．practice C．writing D．composition

小题8:	A．came on B．came in C．came out D．came back

小题9:	A．day B．night C．month D．year

小题10:

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

小题11:

A．while B．if C．when D．or

小题12:

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

小题13:

A．tired B．calm C．nervous . D．famous

小题14:

A．And B．But C．However D．Well

小题15:

A．praised B．said C．answered D．advised

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14, he said, “You’re n 小题1:  going to be anything but a failure.”
After five years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice g 小题2: . But her mother said to me, “You’ve failed in everything you’ve ever done. You can’t give any happiness to my d 小题3: !” It was the disappointing thing that could have changed me later. I d 小题4: to do something positive about my life, because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was w 小题5: .
So I tried hard at my writing and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college. After college I w 小题6:  during the day and went to evening classes at college. Later, I gave up that job to use full time to write. And then I was offered a part-time job as a t 小题7:  at a high school. I began to feel p小题8:  of my self – there was once a poor boy who’d left school early, now teaching at a key high school. My w小题9:  career took off when I had my own writing style.
Now, I’m rich and f 小题10:, because I am often on TV and many people know me. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have looked down on me had said, “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

-- I am going to Paris on holiday this May Day.
-- Really? _______.

A．You're welcome.	B．Wish you a good trip.
C．It's nothing.	D．Be back soon.