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.” 小题1: A．bright B．useless C．simple D．hopeful 小题2: A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing 小题3: A．low B．poor C．good D．useful 小题4: A．agreed B．decided C．planned D．told 小题5: A．wrong B．right C．stupid D．faulty 小题6: A．see B．know C．understand D．face 小题7: A．experiment B．practice C．writing D．composition 小题8: A．came on B．came in C．came out D．came back 小题9: A．day B．night C．month D．year 小题10: A．giving in B．giving back C．giving out D．giving up 小题11: A．while B．if C．when D．or 小题12: A．left B．attended C．changed D．graduated 小题13: A．tired B．calm C．nervous . D．famous 小题14: A．And B．But C．However D．Well 小题15: A．praised B．said C．answered D．advised