Question

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11】 A．two B．three C．four D．five
【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

Answer 1

【小题1】A
【小题1】B
【小题1】A
【小题1】C
【小题1】C
【小题1】C
【小题1】C
【小题1】A
【小题1】B
【小题1】D
【小题1】B
【小题1】C
【小题1】A
【小题1】C
【小题1】A

解析作者是一名即将入学的大学生，为生计他到一所小学去应聘。校长和他面谈时，交待了他所需要傲的复杂的教学工作。他在询问报酬时，校长却健不了主，因为学校是他夫人做主。
【小题1】A。lived住。离作者所住的地方10里路。
【小题1】B。作者是一位即将上大学的学生，没有钱． be short of money缺钱。
【小题1】A。收到一封信。a fetter做主语，故不用received。
【小题1】C。信上写着要作者到Croydon与学校校长见面。
【小题1】C。据上下文，去见面要乘火车、公共汽车和步行。因此旅途根艰难。
【小题1】C。at least至少。跑了至少四分之一里路。
【小题1】C。short个子矮。他又矮又胖。
【小题1】A。指一个班有24名7岁至13岁的男孩。
【小题1】B。我将不得不教所有的课程（subjects）。
【小题1】D。which引导非限定性定语从句，修饰art。
【小题1】B。作者要教除艺术之外的所有功课，应该把全班分成三个组。
【小题1】C。作者要按三种不同的水平进行教学。
【小题1】A。想到要教自己上学时不太擅长的数学课，作者有点失望。
【小题1】C。更糟的是（worse）星期六下午还得去教学生。
【小题1】A。enjoy themselves指作者的朋友星期六下午都玩得快活，与自己形成对比。