2019中考英语专题训练：完形填空（3）11 I did very badly at school My headmaster thought I was/1） and when I was 14， he said，You are （2） going to be anything but a failureAfter five years of （3） jobs， I fell in love with a very nice middleclass girl It was the best（4） that could have happened to me I decided to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to her what people said about me was（5） ， especially her mother， who had said to me， You have failed at everything you have ever done So I tried hard with my（6） nd went to college， my first novel （7） while I was at collegeAfter college I taught during the （8） in high schools and attended evening classes at London University， where I got a （9） in history I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of giving up that job to write full time when I was offered a parttime job at Leeds University I began to feel proud of myselfit was a workingclass boy who had left school early， now teaching at the universityMy writing career （生涯）（10） when I realized my own style Now I am rich and famous， havebeen on TV， and met lots of film stars But what does it mean？ I just wish all the people that have put me down had said，1believe in you You will succeed（1）A brightB usefulC simpleD hopeful（2）A neverB sometimesC oftenD seldom（3）A lowB poorC goodD useful（4）A supportB happinessC surpriseD thing（5）A wrongB rightC stupidD foolish（6）A experimentB experienceC writingD practice（7）A came onB came inC came backD came out（8）A dayB nightC monthD year（9）A graduationB passC degreeD success（10）A put offB took offC gave offD got off12 Two years after I finished medical school， I began my internship（实习）in a hospital There， I met with a patient named Benny I discovered that he was （1） for a heart transplant（移植） Hed seen so many fellow patients during his stay that he felt comfortable giving tips to the （2 ） men and womenYou have got a minute？ he asked me one dayI have a minuteI see a new group of interns here every month But I think I have to say something to you Matt， it seems that youre always in a （3） and that talking to me is another box to check for you， he saidThese words were （4） for me No one wants to hear that his patients think he doesnt （5） about themTake a look at what youre doing Youre sitting down， and were having an actual （6） Usually you just， Benny saidPlan to run away as soon as I enter the room YeahFrom that day on， I found myself （7） in to see Benny often， not only to examine him but also to talk about how I was working hard （8） a new doctorAs the months passed， I was becoming a better doctor， but nothing happened to Benny One evening， I couldnt help asking， Anything going on with the wait list？No news is （9） news， he said softly But Im sure I willFinally， Benny got the heartStanding in front of his bed， I felt sowe （10） Take good care of this guy， I said to the other doctors softly Im not his doctor anymore Nowjust a friend1 A lookingB waitingC askingD going2 A braveB busyC seriousD nervous3 A dreamB moodC hurryD mess4 A hardB wiseC specialD valuable5 A talkB careC worryD think6 A conversationB introductionC operationD presentation7 A cuttingB pushingC breakingD stopping8 A forB asC withD against9 A goodB badC secretD right10 A boredB tiredC excitedD moved13 As the world has become a global village（地球村）， there are many ways to learn about a country Reading a book and watching a movie are both good （1） But here is another way through statistics （数据）US comic website DogHouse Diaries（2） statistics fromsources（来源） including World Bank and Guinness （吉尼斯）World Records Then， they made a world map based on these statistics to show （3） each country is likeThe US was （4） an interesting title the country that eats the most hot dogs Hot dogs are the most popular food in America It is reported that US people eat as （5） as 20billion hot dogs a year Thats about 70hot dogs per person each yearJapan is a leading country in robots Many（6） of robots such as sport robots， servant （服务员） robots and even human like ones， are invented by Japanese companies This is a country where robots are most （7） usedOther countries with interesting titles include Canada， who sells the most maple syrup （枫糖浆）， New Zealand that （8） the most sheep， and South Koreans are mostly workaholics （工作狂）（9） ， these statistics cannot tell you everything about a country Reading maps or studying statistics is far from a（n） （10） idea Ifyou want to know what a country is really like， go ther