阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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 31_____ and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 32_____ but a failure.”
After five years of 33_____ jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best 34_____ that could have happened to me. I 35_____ I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 36_____ that what people said about me was 37_____. Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 38_____it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 39_____ and went to college. My first novel (小说) 40_____ while I was at college.
After college I taught during the 41_____ in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 42_____ in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 43_____ that job to write full time 44_____ I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 45_____ was a working-class boy who’d 46_____ 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 47_____, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 48_____ what does it mean? I 49_____ wish all the people that have put me down had 50_____: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
31. A. bright B. simple C. useless D. hopeful
32. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
33. A. low B. useful C. good D. poor
34. A. thing B. happiness C. surprise D. support
35. A. admitted B. told C. planned D. decided
36. A. her B. them C. me D. it
37. A. stupid B. right C. wrong D. faulty
38. A. see B. know C. understand D. face
39. A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition
40. A. came on B. came in C. came out D. came back
41. A. day B. night C. month D. year
42. A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success
43. A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up
44. A. while B. if C. when D. or
45. A. there B. here C. it D. that
46. A. left B. attended C. changed D. graduated
47. A. tired B. calm C. nervous . D. famous
48. A. But B. And C. However D. Well
49. A. very B. exactly C. so D. just
50. A. praised B. answered C. said D. advised