Question

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (選擇最恰當?shù)膯卧~或短語完成短文)

I did badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14, he said, “You are never going to be _________.”

I left school and after five years of odd jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class (中產(chǎn)階級) girl. It was the best thing that happened to me. I _________ to do something positive (積極的) with my life because I wanted to prove to her that what people said about me was wrong. So I tried hard with my _________ and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college.

After college I taught during the day in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a degree (學位) in history. I became a lecturer at a college, but later I was thinking of _________ that job to write full time when I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel _________ —here was a working-class boy left school early, now teaching at the university.

My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does it mean? I _________ wish all the people that have put me down had said: “I believe in you. You can make it.”

1.A.important B.successful C.honest D.hardworking

2.A.continued B.failed C.decided D.remembered

3.A.experiment B.writing C.practice D.work

4.A.taking up B.putting up C.giving up D.picking up

5.A.sad B.surprised C.nervous D.proud

6.A.just B.even C.quite D.still

Answer 1