56. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that ______.

A.     there are many foreigners in Japan

B.      Japan is good for nightlife

C.     They can teach English privately in Japan

The young boy saw me, or rather, he saw the car and quickly ran up to me, eager to sell his bunches（串）of bananas and bags of peanuts. Though he appeared to be about twelve, he seemed to have already known the bitterness of life. “Bananas 300 naira. Peanuts 200 naira.” He said in a low voice. I bargained him down to 200 naira for the fruit and nuts. When he agreed, I handed him a 500 naira bill. He didn’t have change. So I told him not to worry. He said thanks and smiled a row of perfect teeth.
    When, two weeks later, I saw the boy again, I knew better my position in a society where it’s not that uncommon to see a little boy who should be in school standing on the corner selling fruit in the burning sun. My parents had raised me to know the advantages  and the responsibility of helping others.
    I pulled over and rolled down my window. He had a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts ready. I waved them away. “What’s up?” asked the boy. “I…I don’t have money to buy books for school.”

I reached into my pocket and handed him two fresh 500 naira bills. “Will this help?” I asked. He looked around nervously before taking the money. One thousand naira was a lot of money to someone whose family probably made about 5,000 naira or less each year. “Thank you, sir.” he said. “Thank you very much!”
    When driving home, I wondered if my little friend actually used the money for schoolbooks. What if he’s a cheat（骗子）?And then I wondered why I did it. Did I do it to make myself feel better? Was I using him? Later, I realized that I didn’t know his name or the least bit about him, nor did I think to ask.
    Over the next six months, I was busy working in a news agency in northern Nigeria. Sometime after I returned, I went out for a drive. When I was about to pull over, the boy suddenly appeared by my window with a big smile ready on his face.
    “Oh, gosh! Long time.”
    “Are you in school now?” I asked.
    He nodded.
   “That’s good,” I said. A silence fell as we looked at each other, and then I realized what he wanted. “Here,” I held out a 500 naira bill. “Take this.” He shook his head and stepped back as if hurt. “What’s wrong?”  I asked. “It’s a gift.”
    He shook his head again and brought his hand from behind his back. His face shone with sweat（汗水）. He dropped a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts in the front seat before he said, “I’ve been waiting to give these to you.”

55. According to the writer, one had better _______ first to do private teaching better.

  A. take a TEFL course                B. decide his or her own lessons

  C. find students                      D. build up a full schedule

54. From the passage we know in Japan the writer likes to live in _______.

  A. Tokyo      B. a small town        C. a city of middle size     D. a big city

If you’re like most students, you probably read both at home and outside your home: perhaps somewhere on your schoolyard and maybe even at work during your breaks. Your reading environment can have a great effect on your understanding, so give some thought to how you can create or choose the right reading environments. The right environment allows you to stay alert(专注的) and to keep all of your attention on the text, especially when it is both interesting and difficult.
    When you’re at home, you can usually create effective conditions for reading. You might want to choose a particular place―a desk or table, for example, where you always read. Make sure the place you choose is well lighted, and sit in a chair that requires you to sit straight. Reading in a chair that’s too soft and comfortable is likely to make you sleepy! Keep your active reading tools (pens, markers, notebooks or paper) and a dictionary close at hand.
    Before you sit down for a reading period, try to reduce all possible interruptions. Turn off your phone, the television, and the radio. Tell your family members or roommates that you’ll be busy for a while. If necessary, put a “Do not disturb” sign on your door! The more interruptions you must deal with while you read, the harder it will be to keep your attention on the task at hand.
51.The author believes that the right reading environment_________.
  A. helps readers a little in their reading tasks
  B. helps readers a lot in their reading tasks
  C. can only be created at one’s home
  D. can only be created outside one’s home
52.Which type of the following interruptions is mentioned in the text?
  A. Dictionaries.     B. Paper.     C. Phone calls.      D. Notebooks.
53.What would be the best title for the text?
  A. How to read fast.
  B. Creating an Effective Reading Environment.
  C. The Ways to Reduce Possible Interruptions.
  D. What to Read.
                                   B

Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I’m not a football commentator(评论员), though―just an English teacher in Japan.

I came to Japan two years ago, and didn’t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you. People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it’s best to teach in a bigger city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for the nightlife factor. But I’d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.

I teach English privately, which means I’m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it’s well worth doing a TEFL course first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule(日程表) of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time.

Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.

The schools are not willing to take time off―even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.

50.  A. feet            B. legs              C. pocket              D. hand

49.  A. whichever       B. whatever           C. however              D. whoever

48.  A. useful          B. painful           C. shy                  D. interesting

47.  A. mouth         B. white purse        C. eyes                  D. toy box

46.  A. to see          B. seeing             C. to look              D. looking