Miss Read is good ________ music．She can be good ________ children in the music club.

A．at, at             B．with, with          C．at, with           D．with, at

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Teachers Wanted

Do you like kids? We need a teacher for our son. He’s six years old. We want you to work from March to November, 3 pm. to 6 pm., but you don’t need to work in July and August. You can get ￥ 30 an hour (小时). Sometimes we want you to work on weekends, and you can get ￥45 an hour.

You need to:

·Help our son with Chinese.

·Read to him.

·Play with him.

·Go to movies with him.

You need to work at my home. We live in (居住在) Taipei Road, next to the Zhongshan Bus Station(公汽站).

Please call (02)2956-4938. Ask Miss Liu.

1.The teacher can work for __________ months at this family.

A. six                  B. seven                C. eight            D. nine

2.The teacher must (必须) __________.

A. work every weekend

B. work at the kid’s home

C. help the kid learn English

D. work eight months a year

3.On Monday the teacher __________.

A. can’t work

B. works three hours

C. can have ￥ 135

D. comes in the morning

4.Which is Not True(不对)?

A. The teacher can get ￥30 an hour on weekends.

B. The student is a boy of six.

C. The teacher can call Miss. Liu.

D. The teacher can take a bus to work

Homesick is a compound(复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each   46    means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning    47    they are used together? The definition(定义) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.

    Now think for a minute   48  SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition   49  SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite   50  . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are     51    ,the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick,    52    you want to be is at sea.

   Have you ever   53    a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are    54   deep inside as if their hearts are broken.

   And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and    55   . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know some thing like this in your English study.

1.A.word            B. phrase      C. sentence          D. passage

2.A. how            B. why              C. when             D. where

3.A. for            B. from             C. about            D. like

4.A. get            B. fit              C. read             D. have

5.A. right          B. wrong            C. same             D. different

6.A. homesick       B. heartsick        C. seasick          D. earsick

7.A. the first place  B the last place C. the only place    D. the safe place                                                                                                     

8.A. thought over  B. thought out          C. heard from       D. heard of

9.A. hurt           B. hit              C. loved            D. moved

10.A. hobby         B. height           C. heaven           D. handbag