Question

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.”

1.A. fear B. need C. danger D. control

2.A. applied B. arranged C. announced D. accepted

3.A. comfortable B. boring C. short D. unpleasant

4.A. at first B. at most C. at least D. at last

5.A. besides B. except C. including D. about

6.A. cut B. divide C. turn D. gather

7.A. action B. way C. movement D. thought

8.A. worse B. better C. harder D. nicer

9.A. helping B. believing C. enjoying D. losing

10.A. fund B. value C. award D. pay

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.D

【解析】

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(guò)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(méi)等他問(wèn)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。

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10.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。

考點(diǎn)：生活故事類短文。