I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 21 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 22 but a failure.”
After five years of 23 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best24 that could have happened to me. I 25  I wanted to do something positive (积极的) with my life because I wanted to prove to26 that what people said about me was 27. Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s28 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my29 and went to college. My first novel (小说)30 while I was at college.
After college I taught during the31 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 32 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of33 that job to write full time 34 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 35 was a working-class boy who’d 36 school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 37 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 38 what does it mean? I39 wish all the people that have put me down had 40 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeeD．”
21．A．bright             B．useless        C．simple        D．hopeful
22．A．anything           B．something     C．everything    D．nothing
23．A．low               B．poor          C．good         D．useful
24．A．support            B．happiness      C．surprise       D．thing
25．A．admitted           B．decided        C．planned       D．told
26．A．me                B．them         C．her          D．it
27．A．wrong             B．right         C．stupid        D．faulty
28．A．see                B．know         C．understand    D．face
29．A．experiment         B．practice       C．writing       D．composition
30．A．came on            B．came in       C．came out     D．came back
31．A．day         B．night        C．month       D．year
32．A．graduation          B．pass          C．degree       D．success
33．A．giving in     B．giving back   C．giving out    D．giving up
34．A．while              B．if           C．when         D．or
35．A．there        B．here         C．it           D．that
36．A．left          B．attended            C．changed            D．graduated
37．A．tired         B．calm               C．nervous      D．famous
38．A．And         B．But                C．However     D．Well
39．A．just         B．exactly             C．so           D．very
40．A．praised    B．said C．answered D．advised