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 thing that could have happened to me. I        I wanted to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to her 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 degree 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 proud of myself —here was a working--class boy who’d         school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career 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 just wish all the people that have put me down had       : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

A．bright B．useless C．simple D．hopeful

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

A．low B．poor C．good D．useful

A．agreed B．decided C．planned D．told

A．wrong B．right C．stupid D．faulty

A．see B．know C．understand D．face

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

A．while B．if C．when D．or

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．praised B．said C．answered D．advised