10. 2005·安徽卷 完形填空

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ? 36 ? and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be ? 37 ? but a failure.”?

After five years of ? 38 ? jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beat ? 39 ? that could have happened to me. I ? 40 ? ! wanted-to do something positive (積極地) with my life because I wanted to prove to ? 41 ? that what people said about me was ? 42 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s ? 43 ? it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” ?So I tried hard with my ?44 ? and went to college. My first novel (小說) ? 45 ? while I was at college.?

After college I taught during the ? 46 ? in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, ?where I got a ? 47 ? in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ? 48 ? that job to write full time ? 49 ? I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — ? 50 ? was a boy who’d ? 51 ? school early, now teaching at the university?

My writing career (職業(yè)) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and ? 52 ?, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. ? 53 ? what does it mean? I ? 54 ? wish all the people that have put me down had ?55 ?: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

36. A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful

37. A. anything B. something C. everything ? ? D. nothing

38. A. low B. poor C. good D. useful

39 A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing

40. A. admitted B. decided C. planned D. told

41. A. me B. them C. her D. it

42. A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty

43. A. see B. know C. understand D. face

44. A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition

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

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

47. A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success

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

49. A. while B. if C. when D. or

50. A. there B. here C. it D. that

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

52. A. tired B. calm C. nervous D. famous

53. A. And B. But C. However D. Well

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

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

答案 ?36.B ? 37.A ?38.B ?39.D ?40.B ?41.C ?42.A ?43.D ?44.C ?45.C ?

46.A ?47.C ?48.D ?49.C ?50.B ?51.A ?52.D ?53.B ?54.A ?55.B