While I was waiting to go into university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I
16 . Because I was in great need of
17 and wanted to do something useful, I applied(申請(qǐng)).
Three days later, a letter
18 . It asked me to see the
19 at Croydon. It proved to be a(n)
20 journey —a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of
21 a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. Clearly, the principal
22 opened the door. He was
23 and round.
“The school” he said, “has a group of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen.”
I should have to teach all the
24 except art, which he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into
25 groups and teach them at three different
26 , and I was not
27 at the thought of teaching maths —a subject which I didn’t do very well in at school. It was
28 that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon
29 most of my friends would be
30 themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary(薪水), he got up to his feet. “Now,” he said. “you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really runs this school.”
【小題1】 | A.lived | B.played | C.studied | D.worked |
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【小題2】 | A.help | B.money | C.rest | D.force |
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【小題3】 | A.a(chǎn)rrived | B.received | C.returned | D.wrote |
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【小題4】 | A.editor | B.teacher | C.principal | D.student |
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【小題5】 | A.comfortable | B.easy | C.short | D.unpleasant |
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【小題6】 | A.a(chǎn)t least | B.a(chǎn)t first | C.a(chǎn)t last | D.a(chǎn)t most |
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【小題7】 | A.herself | B.themselves | C.itself | D.himself |
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【小題8】 | A.bad | B.glad | C.short | D.smiling |
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【小題9】 | A.people | B.subjects | C.boys | D.knowledge |
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【小題11】 | A.subjects | B.lessons | C.levels | D.schools |
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【小題12】 | A.glad | B.surprised | C.a(chǎn)ngry | D.sad |
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【小題13】 | A.better | B.more exciting | C.worse | D.nicer |
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【小題14】 | A.until | B.a(chǎn)fter | C.if | D.because |
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【小題15】 | A.enjoying | B.helping | C.studying | D.a(chǎn)rguing |
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