While I was waiting to enter university, I saw an advertisement in a newspaper –
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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.”
| 小题1: | | A．fear | B．need | C．danger | D．control |
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| 小题2: | | A．applied | B．arranged | C．announced | D．accepted |
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| 小题3: | | A．comfortable | B．boring | C．short | D．unpleasant |
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| 小题4: | | A．at first | B．at most | C．at least | D．at last |
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| 小题5: | | A．besides | B．except | C．including | D．about |
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| 小题6: | | A．cut | B．divide | C．turn | D．gather |
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| 小题7: | | A．action | B．way | C．movement | D．thought |
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| 小题8: | | A．worse | B．better | C．harder | D．nicer |
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| 小题9: | | A．helping | B．believing | C．enjoying | D．losing |
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| 小题10: | | A．fund | B．value | C．award | D．pay |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:D |
解析
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者因为急需钱于是申请了一份在学校当老师的工作。在经过不断的倒车后到达了那个学校。一个男人接待了他。他被告知要教除了艺术外的所有科目。还没等他问酬金，那个人去告诉他，他的妻子才是真正掌管学校的人。这真是令人不愉快的经历。
小题1:考查名词及语境的理解。A. fear 害怕B. need 需要C. danger危险D. control控制。根据上下文可知我急需钱，想做点有用的事情。故选B。
小题2:考查动词及语境的理解。A. applied 申请B. arranged安排C announced宣布D. accepted接受。根据上下文可知我申请了这个职位。故选A。
小题3:考查形容词及语境的理解。A comfortable 舒服的B. boring 无聊的C short 短的D. unpleasant令人不愉快的。根据下文路上不断的倒车，可知那是个令人不愉快的旅行。故选D
小题4:考查词组及语境的理解。A at first起初 B. at most 至多C at least至少D. at last最后，根据句意，至少一英里的十五分钟的步行路程。故选C。
小题5:考查介词及语境的理解。A. besides 除了……还有B. except除了 C including 包括D. about关于。根据后文本人教艺术可知除了艺术,我应该教所有的科目。故选B。
小题6:考查动词及语境的理解。根据后文teach them at three different levels,可知我把学生要分成三组。A. cut 切B. divide分C turn变成 D. gather使聚集。根据句意，故选B。
小题7:考查名词及语境的理解。根据后文a subject which I wasn"t good at.可知我对教数学的想法不愉快。.A. action行为动作B. way 方法方式 C movement 活动D. thought想法，思想。根据句意，故选D。
小题8:考查形容词及语境的理解。A. worse更糟 B. better更好C harder更困难 D. nicer更漂亮。根据句意，更糟的是我我不得不周六下午教他们。故选A。
小题9:考查动词及语境的理解。因为我的大部分朋友在那时会玩的很愉快。enjoy oneself ,玩的高兴，过得愉快。根据句意，故选C。
小题10:考查名词及语境的理解。我还没有来的及问我的薪水，那个人站起来说他的妻子才是真正掌控这个学校的人。A. fund 基金 B. value 价值 C. award奖D. pay支付，薪金。根据句意，故选D。 |
举一反三
Once upon a time, an old woman had two large water pots. Each hung on the end of a pole(杆子)which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect, From the river to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. And the other pot was always full. The perfect pot took pride in its talent. But the poor cracked pot felt sad for its own disadvantage.
One day by the river the cracked pot said to the woman, "I feel bad about myself, because the crack in me causes water to come out all the way back to your house.”
The old woman smiled and said, "Why are there flowers on your side of the road, but not on the other pot"s side? That"s because I have always known about your crack. So I planted flowers on your side of the road, and every day while we walk back, you water them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my house, There would not be this beauty without you. Each of us has our own cracks. But the cracks make our lives so interesting and beautiful."
So, to all the cracked pot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the road!
小题1:If each of the two pots could be filled with 20 kilos of water, the woman would probably get _______ kilos of water from the river to the house.小题2:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．The woman preferred the perfect pot to the cracked pot. | | B．The cracked pot felt more talented than the perfect pot. | | C．There were beautiful flowers on both sides of the road. | | D．The old woman decorated her house with some flowers. |
小题3:What can we learn from the story?| A．Everyone has a talent. | | B．A true friend is hard to find. | | C．Success never comes easily. | | D．Mistakes improve our learning, |
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Have you ever had an embarrassing（尴尬的）experience? Last week we asked readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences. We received thousands of letters! Here is a selection.
Tony:
My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left university. I had just started teaching in a Liverpool secondary school. One morning my alarm clock didn"t ring. I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine. I quickly washed, dressed, jumped into my car and rushed to school. When I arrived, the students had already gone into class. I didn"t go to the office, but went straight into class. After two or three minutes the students began laughing, and I couldn"t understand why! Suddenly I looked down and understood. I had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!
Henry:
The most embarrassing experience I"ve ever had, happened two years ago. After seeing a film, my wife and I had lunch in our favourite restaurant in town. Then we decided to take a walk along the street. The street was very busy and we started holding hands. Suddenly my wife saw a dress that she liked in a shop window, and stopped. I started looking at some watches in the next window. After a minute or two I reached for my wife"s hand. There was a loud scream, and a woman slapped my face. I hadn"t taken my wife"s hand. I"d taken the hand of a complete stranger!
James:
My wife and I had decided to buy a new house, and I"d made an appointment to see our bank manager. I"d never met him before. I went into town in my car and I was lucky enough to find a parking space outside the bank. I"d just started reversing(倒车) into the space when another car made its way into it. I was irritated! I opened my window and shouted at the man in the car. He ignored me and walked away. It took me twenty minutes to find another place. As soon as I had parked the car, I rushed back to the bank. I was ten minutes late for my appointment. I went to the manager"s office, knocked and walked in. The manager was sitting behind his desk. He was the man who had taken my parking space!
小题1:The students began laughing when they saw Tony_______.| A．wearing a wrong shoe | B．carrying an alarm clock | | C．looking down suddenly | D．rushing into the classroom |
小题2:Henry was embarrassed because he_______.| A．slapped the woman in the face | | B．took the hand of a complete stranger | | C．heard his wife screaming in the street | | D．knocked over some watches in the shop |
小题3:James went into town to_______.| A．put money in the bank | B．look for a job | | C．meet the bank manager | D．buy a new car |
小题4:The underlined word "irritated" probably means "_______ ".| A．angry | B．impolite | C．worried | D．embarrassed |
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Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, and I was driving .
At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroad with a traffic light. I was on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned , and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. No car, no suggestion of headlights, there I sat, waiting for the light to , the only human being, for at least a mile in any .
I started wondering why I to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no in going through it.
Much later that , after I"d met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I"d stopped for that light me. I think I stopped it"s part of a contract(契约) we all have with each other. It"s not only the law, but it"s an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow : we don"t go through red lights.
We do we say we"ll do. We show up when we say we"ll show up.
I was so of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, I had to tell someone.
| 小题1: | | A．fast | B．slowly | C．carefully | D．hard |
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| 小题2: | | A．late | B．alone | C．worried | D．afraid |
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| 小题3: | | A．green | B．yellow | C．red | D．dark |
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| 小题5: | | A．return | B．change | C．start | D．continue |
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| 小题6: | | A．attention | B．background | C．direction | D．information |
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| 小题7: | | A．refused | B．decided | C．prepared | D．forgot |
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| 小题8: | | A．hardly | B．luckily | C．usually | D．clearly |
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| 小题9: | | A．danger | B．excuse | C．space | D．energy |
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| 小题10: | | A．moment | B．night | C．afternoon | D．morning |
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| 小题11: | | A．depended on | B．looked forward to | C．stayed away from | D．came back to |
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| 小题12: | | A．though | B．unless | C．because | D．until |
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| 小题15: | | A．tired | B．ready | C．proud | D．sorry |
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Bill ,Frank and Dave were brothers. Every year, they sent their mother expensive gifts on her birthday .They liked to show her how rich and successful they were.
The eldest brother ,Bill, had a lot of money and wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didn’t know what to buy .so he put an ad in the newspaper .”Wanted ----the greatest gift for my mother,”
About a week before his mother’s birthday a man came to his office .he brought a big bird.
“This bird,”the man said ,”can speak ten languages and sing some pop songs”
“Really?I’d like to listen to it.”Bill said
The man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke in Japanese. Then the bird sang a beautiful song .Bill was very happy and paid nine thousand dollars for the bird, The next day Bill sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card
The day after his mother’s birthday he called his mother,” Well ,mother,” he asked ,”what do you think of the bird?”
“Oh, it’s very delicious, dear.” Said his mother.
小题1:who is the eldest brother?| A．Dave | B．Bill | C．Jack | D．Frank |
小题2:What did Bill put in the newspaper?| A．A show | B．A magazine | C．An ad. | D．A report |
小题3:How many languages could the bird speak?| A．Five | B．seven | C．eight | D．ten |
小题4:How much did Bill pay for the bird?| A．Nine dollars | B．Ten dollars | C．Nine thousand dollars | D．Ten thousand dollars |
小题5:What did Bill send to his mother for her birthday ?| A．A bird with a card | B．Some money | C．A joke | D．A song |
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Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”
At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can fill the basket.” man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at so foolish.” He his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying . At last the well was almost .
As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You so well in this little thing,” he said, “ now I know I can believe you with many things.”
| 小题1: | | A．finished | B．did | C．began | D．had |
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| 小题2: | | A．ever | B．never | C．easily | D．no |
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| 小题3: | | A．The other | B．Another | C．One | D．A second |
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| 小题4: | | A．anything | B．something | C．nothing | D．everything |
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| 小题5: | | A．picked up | B．put away | C．took away | D．threw away |
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| 小题6: | | A．water | B．basket | C．well | D．work |
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| 小题7: | | A．full | B．empty | C．filled | D．clean |
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| 小题8: | | A．While | B．As soon as | C．Before | D．Since |
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| 小题9: | | A．have done | B．will do | C．do | D．are doing |
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