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 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.”

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．experiment     B．practice        C．writing   D．composition

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

12.               A．while          B．if              C．when D．Or

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

My problems started after I went to a boar ding school. I was only 14, and at first I missed my family a lot. I often called them and cried on the phone. But after two weeks, I found I enjoyed being with my classmates at school.
I had many friends who were boys. I thought of them as my best friends - but only friends. I never guessed my friendships with boys would become a problem.
Then, three months later, my friends told me that some teachers and girls said I was hanging out with boys all day long in order to get attention from them. Seven months after that, the head teacher Mr. Wang asked the class to choose some students to join the Student Union. I thought I could win for I was doing well in school. I'd already won prizes for the best math and English exams. A week later, the list came out and it didn't include me. I was sad.
Mr. Wang came to me and sai d, "Don't be sad. I know you're excellent! Maybe
you're a little distant from the girls in our class. They don't know much about you, so some of them didn't choose you. It doesn't matter. Do your best to get along well with everyone and I think you'll make it next time."
【小题1】What was the writer's problem when she first entered the boarding school?

A．She didn't like her new school.

B．She didn't get along well with her classmates.

C．She missed her family very m uch.

D．She didn't like her new teacher.

【小题2】Many of the writer's friends in her new school were _______.

A．teachers

B．boys

C．girls

D．women

【小题3】Why did the writer fail to join the Student Union?

A．Her teachers didn't like her.

B．She was a poor student.

C．Some girls didn't choose her.

D．She likes showing off herself.

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?

A．The writer won prizes for the best science and English exams.

B．The writer didn't realize that her friendships with boys would cause problems.

C．The writer was sad because she failed to join the Student Union.

D．The teacher thought she was an excellent student

B

One night a hotel caught fire(失火), and the people in the hotel ran out in their   61  clothes. Two men stood outside and looked at the fire. “  62  I came out, ” said one, “I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of  63  . People don’t think of money when they are   64  . When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire  65  it. So I took all the money I could find.   66   will become poorer because I took them.” 

“You don’t know me, ” said the other, “and you   67   my work.”

“What’s your work?”

“I’m a policeman.”

“Oh!”   68  the first man. He thought quickly and said, “And do you know my   69  ? I’m a writer. I’m always telling stories about the things that   70  happened. ”

1.	A．morning B．working C．night D．school

 

2.	A．Before B．After C．When D．As

 

3.	A．dead men B．books C．children D．money

 

4.	A．excited B．happy C．relaxed D．afraid

 

5.	A．keeps B．burns C．makes D．forgets

 

6.	A．Someone B．Anyone C．No one D．Everyone

 

7.	A．know B．don’t know C．knew D．didn’t know

 

8.	A．cried B．laughed C．shouted D．spoke

 

9.	A．name B．work C．story D．idea

 

10.	A．usually B．ever C．never D．often

 

完形填空

　　Jim 1 to borrow a book from a new library （图书馆）.He comes to the library 2 Jack. They can't see 3 assistants （图书管理员） there, but only some robots （机器人） standing there. Then Jim 4 to the robot, “Hey, give 5 .”But the robot 6 .

　　“What's wrong 7 this robot?” he asks Jack.

　　Then Jack tells him, “When you want to borrow something from somebody, you must 8 'please' first.”

　　So Jim says, “Will you please give the book to me?” Mr Robot brings （带来） him the book. But again, Jim can't take the book out of the robots hand.

　　Jack says, “You must say ' 9 ' before you take the book.” So Jim says, “Oh, thank you very much, Mr Robot.”

　　The robot smiles （微笑） and 10 .

(1)A．is wanting

B．want

C．wants

D．wanting

(2)A．to

B．with

C．and

D．for

(3)A．some

B．any

C．a

D．an

(4)A．says

B．speak

C．talk

D．say

(5)A．the book me	B．I the book
C．me to the book	D．me the book

(6)A．isn't work	B．doesn't work
C．aren't work	D．don't work

(7)A．at

B．for

C．with

D．of

(8)A．say

B．speak

C．talk

D．sing

(9)A．I'm sorry	B．Excuse me
C．I'm fine	D．Thank you

(10)A．give the book to him	B．give the book him
C．give him the book	D．gives the book to him

　

---Mum, I’m leaving for Beijing tomorrow morning.

--- Oh, good. But be sure to phone me _______ you get to Beijing, please.

A．because

B．why

C．when

D．if