阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 　26 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 　27 but a failure.” After five years of 　28 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beatific 　29 that could have happened to me. I 30 I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 31 that what people said about me was 　32 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 　33 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 　34 and went to college. My first novel 　35　 while I was at college. After college I taught during the 　36 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 　37 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 　38 that job to write full time 　39 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 　40 was a working-class boy who’d 　41 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 　42 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 　43 what does it mean? I 　44 wish all the people that have put me down had 　45 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 _______ homework did we have to do that we had no time to take a rest.[]

   A. So much      B. Too much        C. Too little         D. So little

 Sarah felt like         when she found out that she had been chatting online with a boy student of her same class.

A. cry          B. to cry          C. being crying        D. crying

 You’ll be easily to be             by the company if you are expert at the computer and you can drive a car as well.

   A. taken to                     B. taken on        C. taken out           D. taken up

 ---- My brother is not good at speaking English.

---- I suggest         English for two hours every day.

A. he practice speaking                     B. him to speak

C. he speaking                            D. his practicing to speak

 You can hardly imagine what great trouble we had         the work.

A. to do        B. done               C. doing              D. do

 Jim         a skilled worker for almost six years. He is an experienced manager now.

   A. has been      B. had been                 C. is                 D. was

 --- I’ll come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening.

--- But by then my performance will have ended and I         reporters in the meeting room at that time.

A. will meet    B. will be meeting     C. are going to meet    D. am meeting

 China has         in producing clones of cows and goats, and continues to research ways           _______ can benefit mankind.

   A. resulted ; that    B. succeeded ; /    C. succeeded ; that   D. resulted ; in which

 I wouldn’t think it         him to join the club — he’ll only refuse.

   A. was worth to ask B. worth to ask   C. was worthwhile for   D. worthwhile to ask