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(申请).
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.”
| 小题1: | | A.lived | B.played | C.studied | D.worked |
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| 小题2: | | A.help | B.money | C.rest | D.force |
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| 小题3: | | A.arrived | B.received | C.returned | D.wrote |
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| 小题4: | | A.editor | B.teacher | C.principal | D.student |
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| 小题5: | | A.comfortable | B.easy | C.short | D.unpleasant |
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| 小题6: | | A.at least | B.at first | C.at last | D.at most |
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| 小题7: | | A.herself | B.themselves | C.itself | D.himself |
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| 小题8: | | A.bad | B.glad | C.short | D.smiling |
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| 小题9: | | A.people | B.subjects | C.boys | D.knowledge |
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| 小题11: | | A.subjects | B.lessons | C.levels | D.schools |
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| 小题12: | | A.glad | B.surprised | C.angry | D.sad |
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| 小题13: | | A.better | B.more exciting | C.worse | D.nicer |
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| 小题14: | | A.until | B.after | C.if | D.because |
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| 小题15: | | A.enjoying | B.helping | C.studying | D.arguing |
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