I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was        and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be          but a failure.”
After five years of          jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best         that could have happened to me. I         I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to        that what people said about me was        . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s          it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my         and went to college. My first novel         while I was at college.
After college I taught during the          in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a          in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of         that job to write full time          I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel          of myself — here was a working-class boy who’d          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        , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.          what does it mean? I          wish all the people that have put me down had        : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

A．bright B．simple C．useless D．hopeful

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

A．low B．poor C．good D．useful

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

A．agreed B．decided C．planned D．told

A．me B．them C．her D．it

A．wrong B．right C．stupid D．faulty

A．see B．know C．face D．understand

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

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

A．day B．night C．month D．year

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

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

A．while B．if C．when D．or

A．shy B．proud C．happy D．surprised

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

A．tired B．calm C．nervous D．famous

A．And B．But C．However D．Well

A．just B．exactly C．so D．very

A．praised B．said C．answered D．advised