I did very badly at school. My headmaster

题目内容：

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ____36____ and when I was 14 years old, he predicted, “You are never to be ____37____ but a failure.”

After 5 years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing ____38____ could have happened to me. I ____39____ I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove ___40___ her that what people said about me had gone ___41___, especially her mother, who once said to me, “Let’s ____42____ it. You’ve failed every thing you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my ____43____ and went to ____44____. My first novel ____45____ while I was still a college student.

After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended ____46____ classes at London University, where I ____47____ a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ____48____ that job to write full time when I was ____49____ a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself---here was a working-class boy who’d ___50___ school early, now teaching at the university.

My writing career ____51____ when I discovered my own writing ____52____. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. _____53____ what does it mean? I just wish that all those people who have ____54____ me down had just said, “I believe in you and you will be ____55____.”

小题1:

A．naughty

B．lazy

C．useless

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

小题3:

A．when

B．that

C．which

D．as小题4:

A．thought

B．promised

C．decided

D．expected小题5:

A．to

B．for

C．with

D．at小题6:

A．ridiculous

B．acceptable

C．believable

D．wrong小题7:

A．see

B．face

C．treat

D．react小题8:

A．writing

B．experiment

C．practice

D．composition小题9:

A．school

B．college

C．club

D．company小题10:

A．went across

B．put aside

C．came out

D．set off小题11:

A．lecture

B．writing

C．teaching

D．evening小题12:

A．received

B．accepted

C．gave

D．offered小题13:

A．giving up

B．paying for

C．signing up

D．ridding of小题14:

A．paid

B．made

C．offered

D．tried小题15:

A．finished

B．gone

C．delayed

D．left小题16:

A．made off

B．took off

C．gave off

D．moved off小题17:

A．style

B．habit

C．idea

D．skill小题18:

A．Therefore

B．But

C．Though

D．For小题19:

A．written

B．turned

C．torn

D．put小题20:

A．cheerful

B．enjoyable

C．successful

D．forgettable

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题2:D

小题3:B

小题4:C

小题5:A

小题6:D

小题7:B

小题8:A

小题9:B

小题10:C

小题11:D

小题12:A

小题13:A

小题14:C

小题15:D

小题16:B

小题17:A

小题18:B

小题19:D

小题20:C

答案解析：

作者通过自己的努力向别人证明自己很成功！

小题1:C 上下文串联。根据上文我在学校表现很差可知校长认为我没有用处。

小题2:D 词义辨析。Anything成功的人或事。这里是指校长认为我永远都不会成功。

小题3:B 语法分析。本句考察的是强调句型。强调主语the best thing。

小题4:C 动词辨析。A思考；B允诺；C决定；D期待；根据句意可知我决定要做一些积极的事情。

小题5:A 固定词组。Prove to sb向某人证明。这里可知是我想向别人证明他们的说法是错的。

小题6:D 形容词辨析。解析同上。

小题7:B 动词辨析。A看见；B直面；C对待，治疗；D反应；这里是指我们直面这一切。

小题8:A 上下文串联。根据下文的novel可知是指写作。

小题9:B 上下文串联。根据下文的a college student可知是指上大学。

小题10:C 短语辨析。A穿过，横过；B放在一边；C出版；D引爆，使发生；这里是指我的小说出版。

小题11:D 上下文串联。上文提及白天教学，晚上参加夜校。

小题12:A 动词辨析。A收到；B接受；C给；D提供。这里是指我得到了学位。

小题13:A 短语辨析。A放弃；B付钱买…；C报名；D清除；结合上下文可知我要放弃工作专职写作。

小题14:C 动词辨析。这里是指利兹大学给我提供了一份全职工作。

小题15:D 词组辨析。Leave school毕业。这里是指我为自己感到自豪，很早就中学毕业，现在却在大学教书。

小题16:B 短语辨析。A匆匆逃走；B事业成功；C发出；D离开。这里是指我的事业成功了。

小题17:A 上下文串联。这里是指我我发现了自己的写作风格。

小题18:B 上下文串联。上文提及我已经很有名誉了，但是这又意味着什么呢

小题19:D 固定词组。Put down看不起，轻视；结合上下文可知D正确。是指过去看不起我的人。

小题20:上下文串联。与文字开头相对应，开头是别人说我是失败的人，这里希望别人承认我的成功。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。