While I was waiting to enter university, I saw an advertisement in a newspaper –a teaching job wanted at a school.  The school was about ten miles from where I lived. I was in great      of money and wanted to do something useful, so I      .
Three days later, a letter arrived.  It asked me to meet the principal of the school at Croydon. It proved to be a(n)     journey -a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of      a quarter of a mile.
A man who was short and round seemed to be the principal and he opened the door for me. "The school," he said, "has a group of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen years old." According to the man, I should have to teach all the subjects       art, which the man himself taught. I should have to      the class into three groups and teach them at three different levels, and I was not glad at the      of teaching Maths -a subject which I wasn't good at. It was        that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be      themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my      ,the man 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．fearB．needC．dangerD．control
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)ppliedB．a(chǎn)rranged C．a(chǎn)nnounced D．a(chǎn)ccepted
小題3:
A．comfortable B．boringC．shortD．unpleasant
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)t firstB．a(chǎn)t mostC．a(chǎn)t leastD．a(chǎn)t last
小題5:
A．besidesB．exceptC．including D．a(chǎn)bout
小題6:
A．cutB．divideC．turnD．gather
小題7:
A．a(chǎn)ctionB．wayC．movement D．thought
小題8:
A．worseB．betterC．harderD．nicer
小題9:
A．helpingB．believing C．enjoyingD．losing
小題10:
A．fundB．valueC．a(chǎn)ward D．pay

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:B
小題6:B
小題7:D
小題8:A
小題9:C
小題10:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了作者因?yàn)榧毙桢X于是申請(qǐng)了一份在學(xué)校當(dāng)老師的工作。在經(jīng)過不斷的倒車后到達(dá)了那個(gè)學(xué)校。一個(gè)男人接待了他。他被告知要教除了藝術(shù)外的所有科目。還沒等他問酬金，那個(gè)人去告訴他，他的妻子才是真正掌管學(xué)校的人。這真是令人不愉快的經(jīng)歷。
小題1:考查名詞及語境的理解。A. fear 害怕B. need 需要C. danger危險(xiǎn)D. control控制。根據(jù)上下文可知我急需錢，想做點(diǎn)有用的事情。故選B。
小題2:考查動(dòng)詞及語境的理解。A. applied 申請(qǐng)B. arranged安排C announced宣布D. accepted接受。根據(jù)上下文可知我申請(qǐng)了這個(gè)職位。故選A。
小題3:考查形容詞及語境的理解。A comfortable 舒服的B. boring 無聊的C short 短的D. unpleasant令人不愉快的。根據(jù)下文路上不斷的倒車，可知那是個(gè)令人不愉快的旅行。故選D
小題4:考查詞組及語境的理解。A at first起初  B. at most 至多C at least至少D. at last最后，根據(jù)句意，至少一英里的十五分鐘的步行路程。故選C。
小題5:考查介詞及語境的理解。A. besides 除了……還有 B. except除了   C including 包括D. about關(guān)于。根據(jù)后文本人教藝術(shù)可知除了藝術(shù),我應(yīng)該教所有的科目。故選B。
小題6:考查動(dòng)詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)后文teach them at three different levels,可知我把學(xué)生要分成三組。A. cut 切B. divide分C turn變成  D. gather使聚集。根據(jù)句意，故選B。
小題7:考查名詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)后文a subject which I wasn't good at.可知我對(duì)教數(shù)學(xué)的想法不愉快。.A. action行為動(dòng)作B. way 方法方式 C movement 活動(dòng)D. thought想法，思想。根據(jù)句意，故選D。
小題8:考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. worse更糟  B. better更好C harder更困難    D. nicer更漂亮。根據(jù)句意，更糟的是我我不得不周六下午教他們。故選A。
小題9:考查動(dòng)詞及語境的理解。因?yàn)槲业拇蟛糠峙笥言谀菚r(shí)會(huì)玩的很愉快。enjoy oneself ,玩的高興，過得愉快。根據(jù)句意，故選C。
小題10:考查名詞及語境的理解。我還沒有來的及問我的薪水，那個(gè)人站起來說他的妻子才是真正掌控這個(gè)學(xué)校的人。A. fund 基金  B. value 價(jià)值  C. award獎(jiǎng)D. pay支付，薪金。根據(jù)句意，故選D。
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