先阅读短文，然后从文中每小题的四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文中相应空白处的最佳答案。

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14, he said, “You’re never going to be    (1)  but a failure(失败者).

After five years of poor jobs, I fell    (2)  with a very nice girl. But her mother said to me, “You’ve    (3)  in everything you’ve ever done. You can’t give any happiness to my daughter!” It was the frustrating thing that could have changed me later. I decided to do something    (4)  about my life, because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was    (5) .

So I tried hard with my writing and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college. After college I    (6)  during the day in high schools and went to evening classes at college. Later, I gave up that job to write full time. At the same time, I was offered a part­-time job as a    (7)     at Leeds University. I began to feel    (8)  of myself –here was once a poor boy who’d left school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career(生涯)   (9)  when I discovered my own style.

Now I’m rich and    (10)  , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have put me down had said: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

Singapore is not just a clean and tidy city in the world, it's also the greenest. There are (A) 三个原因why it is so.

Say "No" to waste

Singaporeans do not waste a single drop of water. They recycle water and save( B ) almost all rainfall. The water can be used for industry （工业） and even drinking.

Many "green" buildings

The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School is one of the great examples of (C) pretty green design. It uses sustain-able design elements (可持续发展的设计元素) in its school building. ( D ) Singapore has many green buildings like this.

Get them while they're young

The Green Singapore 2050 (GS2050) is a community platform (社区平台) for young people to express their great worries about environmental problems, and think of solutions for(E) them. Why 2050'？It's because these young people will be the ones to run the country in 2050, and hopefully they will solve the world's problems.

1.将文中划线部分(A)译成英语。________________________

2.写出文中划线部分(B)和(C)的同义词或近义词。______________________

3.将文中划线部分(D)改写为There _______ many green buildings like this ______ Singapore.

4.文中划线部分(E)指代的是：__________________

5.从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的中心词。_________________

Singapore is not just a clean and tidy city in the world, it's also the greenest. There are (A) 三个原因why it is so.
Say "No" to waste
Singaporeans do not waste a single drop of water. They recycle water and save( B ) almost all rainfall. The water can be used for industry （工业） and even drinking.
Many "green" buildings
The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School is one of the great examples of (C) pretty green design. It uses sustain-able design elements (可持续发展的设计元素) in its school building. ( D ) Singapore has many green buildings like this.
Get them while they're young
The Green Singapore 2050 (GS2050) is a community platform (社区平台) for young people to express their great worries about environmental problems, and think of solutions for(E) them. Why 2050'？It's because these young people will be the ones to run the country in 2050, and hopefully they will solve the world's problems.
【小题1】将文中划线部分(A)译成英语。________________________
【小题2】写出文中划线部分(B)和(C)的同义词或近义词。______________________
【小题3】将文中划线部分(D)改写为There _______ many green buildings like this ______ Singapore.
【小题4】文中划线部分(E)指代的是：__________________
【小题5】从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的中心词。_________________