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I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14, he said, “You’re n 小題1:  going to be anything but a failure.”
After five years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice g 小題2: . But her mother said to me, “You’ve failed in everything you’ve ever done. You can’t give any happiness to my d 小題3: !” It was the disappointing thing that could have changed me later. I d 小題4: to do something positive about my life, because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was w 小題5: .
So I tried hard at my writing and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college. After college I w 小題6:  during the day and went to evening classes at college. Later, I gave up that job to use full time to write. And then I was offered a part-time job as a t 小題7:  at a high school. I began to feel p小題8:  of my self – there was once a poor boy who’d left school early, now teaching at a key high school. My w小題9:  career took off when I had my own writing style.
Now, I’m rich and f 小題10:, because I am often on TV and many people know me. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have looked down on me had said, “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

Answer 1

小題1:never
小題2:girl
小題3:daughter
小題4:decided
小題5:wrong
小題6:worked
小題7:teacher
小題8:proud
小題9:writing
小題10:famous

試題分析： 本文講述作者成功的經歷，從小他是學校的差生，校長認為他將是一個無用的人。直到他喜歡上一個女孩兒，女孩兒的母親認為他不能帶給女孩兒幸福。于是作者決定要做些改變，從此努力學習，努力工作，現在他很富有并且很有名氣。他成功了。
小題1:考查副詞及語境的理解。.be going to be將成為……，根據原文My headmaster thought I was useless校長認為我沒有用，可知他說：除了失敗你永遠不會做成任何事。故填never。
小題2:考查名詞及語境的理解。fall in love with愛上，迷戀上；nice漂亮的，句意：我愛上一個非常漂亮的女孩兒，故填girl。
小題3:考查名詞及語境的理解。根據her mother said to me她的媽媽對我說，可知句意：你不能給我的女兒任何幸福。故填daughter。
小題4:考查固定短語及語境的理解。decide to do sth.決定做某事。故填decided。
小題5:考查形容詞及語境的理解。根據上文決定做些積極的事情，可知句意：因為我想證明給她看，別人對我的說法都是錯誤的。故填wrong。
小題6:考查動詞及語境的理解。根據After college畢業后，可以推測句意：我白天上班工作，晚上上夜校學習。故填worked。
小題7:考查名詞及語境的理解。根據at a high school在一所高中，可知句意：我有一個兼職工作，在高中當老師。故填teacher。
小題8:考查固定短語及語境的理解。feel pround of為……感到驕傲，句意：我開始為我自己感到驕傲。故填proud。
小題9:考查名詞及語境的理解。根據writing style寫作風格，可知上句：當我有了自己的寫作風格時我的寫作生涯起步了。故填writing。
小題10:考查形容詞及語境的理解。根據because I am often on TV and many people know me.我總在電視上出現并且很多人都知道我了，可知我現在非常出名。故填famous。