Question

【題目】完形填空。

I did very poorly in school. My headmaster thought I was useless. When I was 14 he said “You are never going to be _________ but a failure(失敗者).”

After 5 years of working bad jobs, I fell in love _________ a very nice girl. But her mother said to me “You have _________ at everything you’ve ever done. You can’t bring any happiness to my _________ !” it was the most frustrating (令人沮喪的) thing that could have happened to me. I decided to do something about my life because I want to show her that what people said about me was_________ .

So I worked hard on my writing and I _________ during the day and went to evening classes at college. My first book came out at that time. Then I started to write full time. At the same time, I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of _________ -here was once a _________ boy who left school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career(生涯) _________ when I discovered(發(fā)現(xiàn)) my own style.

Now I’m rich and _________ , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who put me down had said: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

【1】A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing

【2】A. at B. with C. of D. by

【3】A. failed B. won C. spent D. paid

【4】A. son B. friend C. parent D. daughter

【5】A. terrible B. excellent C. wrong D. right

【6】A. stayed B. laughed C. lived D. studied

【7】A. Themselves B. myself C. himself D. herself

【8】A. proud B. rich C. poor D. happy

【9】A. set off B. went off C. broke off D. took off

【10】A. cool B. famous C. clever D. helpful

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】D

【7】B

【8】C

【9】D

【10】.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講我們即便身處劣境，也不要?dú)怵H，而應(yīng)保持積極的心態(tài)，努力進(jìn)取。同時(shí)作者也希望人們能給那些表現(xiàn)不很出色的人多一些鼓勵(lì)。

【1】考查不定代詞及語(yǔ)境理解。anything but 是習(xí)語(yǔ)，意為“決不”“根本不”，與其前的否定詞never構(gòu)成雙重否定，表示強(qiáng)調(diào)的肯定，即校長(zhǎng)認(rèn)為我肯定是一個(gè)失敗的人。故選A。

【2】考查介詞及語(yǔ)境理解。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，這里指的是作者愛上了一個(gè)非常漂亮的女孩。fall in love with sb為固定短語(yǔ)，指愛上某人。故選B。

【3】考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境理解。failed ：失敗，won：贏，spent：花費(fèi)， paid：報(bào)酬、付款。根據(jù)下文“can’t bring any happiness to…”的描述可知，這里指的是女孩的母親說(shuō)作者所做的事情都失敗了。故應(yīng)選A。

【4】考查名詞及語(yǔ)境理解。son ：兒子，friend：朋友，parent：父親或母親，daughter：女兒。根據(jù)前文“a very nice girl”可知，這里指的是那位母親說(shuō)作者不能給她的女兒帶來(lái)任何快樂。故應(yīng)選D。

【5】考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境理解。terrible：可怕的，excellent：優(yōu)秀的，wrong：錯(cuò)誤的，right：正確的。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，這里指的是作者想證明，人們認(rèn)為他不行的看法是錯(cuò)誤的。故應(yīng)選C。

【6】考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境理解。stayed：待、停留，laughed：笑，lived：居住，studied：學(xué)習(xí)。根據(jù)上文“worked hard”以及下文“went to evening classes at college”可知，這里指的是白天學(xué)習(xí)，晚上還要上夜大。故選D。

【7】考查反身代詞及語(yǔ)境理解。themselves ：他們自己，myself：我自己， himself：他自己，herself：她自己。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，這里指的是作者為自己取得的成績(jī)感到驕傲、自豪。故應(yīng)選B。

【8】考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境理解。proud：自豪的，rich ：富有的，poor：貧窮的、差的，happy：開心的。根據(jù)前文“I did very poorly in school. My headmaster thought I was useless.”可知，這里指的是作者自嘲自己曾經(jīng)是一個(gè)極差的孩子。故應(yīng)選C。

【9】考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)及語(yǔ)境理解。set off：出發(fā)，went off：熄滅，broke off：打破，took off：脫下、起飛。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，這里指的是當(dāng)作者發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的風(fēng)格的時(shí)候?qū)懽魃�涯便崛起了。故�?yīng)選D。

【10】考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境理解。cool ：極棒的，famous：出名的，clever：聰明的，helpful：有助的。根據(jù)下文“…have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.”可知，這里指的是作者有錢了，出名了。故選B。