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 lived. Being very short of __21__ and wanting to do something __22__, I applied, __23__, as I did so, that without a __24__ and with no experience of teaching my chances of getting the job were slight.

　　　 __25__, three days later, a letter arrived, __26__ me to Croydon for a __27__ with the headmaster. It proved to be a difficult journey; a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus __28__ and then a walk of a quarter of a mile. As a result, when I arrived there, I was feeling too hot to be __29__. It was clearly the __30__ himself that opened the door. He was short and round.

　　　 The school, he said, was made up of one __31__ of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen. I should have to teach all the subjects except art, which he taught himself. I should have to ___32__ the class into three groups and teach them __33__ at three different __34__, and I was __35__ at the thought of teaching maths, __36__ I wasn’t very good at school. Worse perhaps was the __37__ of having to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be __38__ themselves at that time.

　　　 __39__ I had time to ask about my salary. He got up to his __40__. “Now,” he said. “You’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really runs this school”.

21.(　 ) A. money　　　　　　 B. time　　　　　　　　 C. experience　　　　　　 D. advice

20.(　 ) ----- Who are the people _____ there?

　　　　　　　 ----- A group _____ themselves the “Green guards”.

　　　 A. stand, calling　　　　 B. standing, calling　　 C. stood, called　　　　　 D. standing,called

19.(　 ) -----How did you get to know all about the accident?

　　　　　　　 -----_____.

　　　 A. By myself　　　　　　　 B. By the chance　　　　 C. By mistake　　　　　　 D. By accident

18.(　 ) Though small, these oranges sell_____, because they taste_____.

　　　 A. well, well　　　　　　　 B. well, nice　　　　　　　 C. nicely, well　　　　　　 D. nice, good

17.(　 )_____ on a true story, the film is well worth_____.

　　　 A. Based, seeing 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Basing, seeing　　　　　　　

C. Being based, to see　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Based, being seen

16.(　 )With a lot of problems _____, the manager felt like a cat on hot bricks.

　　　 A. solved　　　　　　　　　　 B. solving　　　　　　　　　 C. to solve　　　　　　　　　 D. being solved

15.(　 ) English words are not always spelled _____.

　　　 A. the way they sound　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the way which they sound

C. the way it is sounded　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. as they are sound

1912.

　　　 A. first playing　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. to be first played　　　　　

C. first played　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to be first playing

14.(　 )The Olympic games, _____ in 776B.C., didn’t include women players until

13.(　 ) There was a tea pot fashioned like a china duck, _____ the water was supposed

　　　 to come.

　　　 A. from its open mouth　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. out of whose open mouth

　　　 C. by that open mouth　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. with which open mouth