While I was waiting to enter 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 an
20 journey—a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at
21 a quarter of a mile. It was clearly that the headmaster himself opened the door. He was
22 and round.
“The school” he said, “has a group of twenty-four boys
23 seven and thirteen.”
I should have to teach all the
24 except art,
45 he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into
26 groups and teach them at three different
27 , and I was not
28 at the thought of teaching maths—a subject which I didn’t do very well in at school. It was
29 that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon because 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 |
|
|
| 【小题2】 | | A．help | | B．money | | C．rest | | D．force |
|
|
| 【小题3】 | | A．arrived | | B．received | | C．returned | | D．wrote |
|
|
| 【小题4】 | | A．editor | | B．teacher | | C．headmaster | | D．student |
|
|
| 【小题5】 | | A．comfortable | | B．difficult | | C．unpleasant | | D．short |
|
|
| 【小题6】 | | A．first | | B．last | | C．least | | D．most |
|
|
| 【小题7】 | | A．bad | | B．glad | | C．short | | D．smiling |
|
|
| 【小题8】 | | A．between | | B．from | | C．by | | D．under |
|
|
| 【小题9】 | | A．people | | B．subjects | | C．boys | | D．knowledge |
|
|
| 【小题10】 | | A．who | | B．where | | C．what | | D．which |
|
|
|
| 【小题12】 | | A．subjects | | B．lessons | | C．levels | | D．regions |
|
|
| 【小题13】 | | A．glad | | B．surprised | | C．angry | | D．sad |
|
|
【小题14】 A. better
| C. more exciting
| C. worse
| D. nicer
|
| 【小题15】 | | A．enjoying | | B．helping | | C．studying | | D．managing |
|
|
