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____.”
小題1:
A．naughtyB．lazyC．uselessD．raggy
小題2:A. nothing         B. something        C everything        D. anything
小題3:
A．whenB．thatC．whichD．a(chǎn)s
小題4:
A．thoughtB．promisedC．decidedD．expected
小題5:
A．toB．for C．withD．a(chǎn)t
小題6:
A．ridiculousB．a(chǎn)cceptableC．believableD．wrong
小題7:
A．seeB．faceC．treatD．react
小題8:
A．writingB．experimentC．practiceD．composition
小題9:
A．schoolB．collegeC．clubD．company
小題10:
A．went acrossB．put asideC．came outD．set off
小題11:
A．lectureB．writingC．teachingD．evening
小題12:
A．receivedB．a(chǎn)cceptedC．gaveD．offered
小題13:
A．giving upB．paying forC．signing upD．ridding of
小題14:
A．paidB．madeC．offeredD．tried
小題15:
A．finishedB．goneC．delayedD．left
小題16:
A．made offB．took offC．gave offD．moved off
小題17:
A．styleB．habitC．ideaD．skill
小題18:
A．ThereforeB．ButC．ThoughD．For
小題19:
A．writtenB．turnedC．tornD．put
小題20:
A．cheerfulB．enjoyableC．successfulD．forgettable

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:A 
小題6:D
小題7:B
小題8:A
小題9:B
小題10:C 
小題11:D
小題12:A
小題13:A
小題14:C
小題15:D 
小題16:B
小題17:A
小題18:B
小題19:D
小題20:C
作者通過自己的努力向別人證明自己很成功！
小題1:C 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文我在學(xué)校表現(xiàn)很差可知校長認(rèn)為我沒有用處。
小題2:D 詞義辨析。Anything成功的人或事。這里是指校長認(rèn)為我永遠(yuǎn)都不會成功。
小題3:B 語法分析。本句考察的是強(qiáng)調(diào)句型。強(qiáng)調(diào)主語the best thing。
小題4:C 動詞辨析。A思考；B允諾；C決定；D期待；根據(jù)句意可知我決定要做一些積極的事情。
小題5:A 固定詞組。Prove to sb向某人證明。這里可知是我想向別人證明他們的說法是錯的。
小題6:D 形容詞辨析。解析同上。
小題7:B 動詞辨析。A看見；B直面；C對待，治療；D反應(yīng)；這里是指我們直面這一切。
小題8:A 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的novel可知是指寫作。
小題9:B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的a college student可知是指上大學(xué)。
小題10:C 短語辨析。A穿過，橫過；B放在一邊；C出版；D引爆，使發(fā)生；這里是指我的小說出版。
小題11:D 上下文串聯(lián)。上文提及白天教學(xué)，晚上參加夜校。
小題12:A 動詞辨析。A收到；B接受；C給；D提供。這里是指我得到了學(xué)位。
小題13:A 短語辨析。A放棄；B付錢買…；C報(bào)名；D清除；結(jié)合上下文可知我要放棄工作專職寫作。
小題14:C 動詞辨析。這里是指利茲大學(xué)給我提供了一份全職工作。
小題15:D 詞組辨析。Leave school畢業(yè)。這里是指我為自己感到自豪，很早就中學(xué)畢業(yè)，現(xiàn)在卻在大學(xué)教書。
小題16:B 短語辨析。A匆匆逃走；B事業(yè)成功；C發(fā)出；D離開。這里是指我的事業(yè)成功了。
小題17:A 上下文串聯(lián)。這里是指我我發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己的寫作風(fēng)格。
小題18:B 上下文串聯(lián)。上文提及我已經(jīng)很有名譽(yù)了，但是這又意味著什么呢？
小題19:D 固定詞組。Put down看不起，輕視；結(jié)合上下文可知D正確。是指過去看不起我的人。
小題20:上下文串聯(lián)。與文字開頭相對應(yīng)，開頭是別人說我是失敗的人，這里希望別人承認(rèn)我的成功。
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Fabian is also active in the Singapore Disability Sports Council, where he plays boccia（滾球）, a ball sport for those who require a wheelchair due to physical disability.
At just 133cm tall and weighing 14kg, he knows that he will have to rely on others all his life. “I’m afraid that when my parents grow older, they will not be able to carry me and that there will be nobody to carry me,” said Fabian. “But for now, I feel lucky that I get to go out and do a lot of things that I thought I couldn’t.”
His dreams aren’t lofty（崇高的）either－all he want to be able to do is work and provide for his parents. “I just want to study hard so that I can be a businessman, like my dad.” He is planning to apply to study at Victoria School.
小題1:The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to ______.
A. going to school.               B. being absent from school
C. studying hard.                   D. suffering from SMA.
小題2:We can know from the text that Fabian ______.
A．got the disease at the age of 12.
B．was proud of his exam results.
C．has no interest in any sports.
D．wants to be a businessman like his father.
小題3:What do we know about Ms. Wendy?
A．She insists that her son go to school.
B．She used to be a piano teacher in a school.
C．She is satisfied with her son’s performance at school.
D．She fears that her son will be helpless when she is older.
小題4:Which words can best describe Fabian?
A．Sensitive and weak.B．Active and optimistic.
C．Clever and strong.D．Stressed and concerned.
小題5:What is the best title for the text?
A. He Is Disabled but He Is a Fighter.
B. A Great Mother and Her Special Son.
C. How to Fight Against SMA.
D. A disabled boy’s dream.

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