While I was waiting to go into university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I. Because I was in great need of and wanted to do something useful, I applied(申请).
Three days later, a letter. It asked me to see theat Croydon. It proved to be a (n) journey —a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk ofa quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. Clearly, the principalopened the door. He wasand round.
“The school” he said, “has a group of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen.”
I should have to teach all the except art, which he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into groups and teach them at three different , and I was notat the thought of teaching maths —a subject which I didn’t do very well in at school. It was that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon most of my friends would be 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.”
A．lived B．played C．studied D．worked
A．help B．money C．rest D．force
A．arrived B．received C．returned D．wrote
A．editor B．teacher C．principal D．student
A．comfortable B．easy C．short D．unpleasant
A．at least B．at first C．at last D．at most
A．herself B．themselves C．itself D．himself
A．bad B．glad C．short D．smiling
A．people B．subjects C．boys D．knowledge
A．two B．three C．four D．five
A．subjects B．lessons C．levels D．schools
A．glad B．surprised C．angry D．sad
A．better B．more exciting C．worse D．nicer
A．until B．after C．if D．because
A．enjoying B．helping C．studying D．arguing
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Do you know Eskimos (爱斯基摩人)? Let me tell you something about their .
The Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two there, winter and summer, There are no spring autumn there. The winter nights are .You can’t the sun for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never .and there is no night.
The Eskimos have clothes. They make their clothes from the skin of animals. From these skins they make coats, caps and .
Near the North Pole trees can’t grow, for it is too there. The Eskimos make their houses from skins, snow or stones (石头). When they go in storm and can’t home, they make house of snow. They leave these snow houses when the storm is .
Life is for the Eskimos, they still like to live there.
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Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and all his lessons. When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work.
Once Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident. Dying，he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter，Sharon. The young man and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart. Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to at once. The doctors looked her over and told her eat meat, sugar，chocolate and things like these. She was afraid the doctor’s words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home，she put the list on the table and . When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food：meat，sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy there. As soon as he saw her，he said happily，“I’ve bought all the food you like, dear！”
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One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even though they are different in color?”
It was a serious question. I for a while, and then said, “I’ll explain it sooner. Let’s go to a fruit shop. I have something interesting to show you.”
At the fruit shop, we bought some apples in different —red, green and yellow ones. After we got home, I told Adam, “It’s time to your question now.” I put one apple of each kind colour on the table. Adam carefully. He had a look on his face.
“People are like apples. They come in all different colors, shapes and sizes. On the , some of the apples may not even look as delicious as .” While I was talking, Adam was each one carefully. Then, I took each of the apples and peeled(削皮) them, placing them back on the , but in a different place.
“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”
He said, “I tell. They all look the same now.”
“Take a of each one. See if that helps you decide one is which.”
He took big bites, and then a huge smile came across his face. “People are like apples! They are all different, but once you take off the outside, they’re pretty much the on the inside.”
He totally it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
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Dick is a milkman in New York. He is near-sighted(近视眼). He has a red car. The car is not expensive or very cheap. Many people have cars like that. Dick likes to go for a ride after supper with his big white dog. He calls his dog Bobby.
Last Saturday evening Dick went to a circus(去看马戏). He went in his car with Bobby. Hundreds of people went to circus, and Dick was to see so many cars there.
“Where can I park my car?” he .
Bobby was clever. It knew Dick was looking for. It jumped out of the car and ran around. Then it barked. It found a between two red cars.
Good! Dick was happy. He backed his car the space and went with Bobby to see the show.
Dick and Bobby had a good time. Dick laughed and Bobby was excited to see all the animals. When the show was over , Dick went out and got into the car. “Come in, Bobby.” he said to the big dog. But to his surprise, Bobby wouldn’t listen to him. It jumped into the next car!
Dick got out and the dog back. But soon it jumped into the next car again!
What was wrong with Bobby? Dick just couldn’t understand.
Now can you tell what was wrong with the big dog?
Solution(解答) :There was wrong with the dog. It was sitting in its master’s car while Dick was in someone car. Remember: Dick was near-sighted and the three red cars were red ones.
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I work as a taxi driver for nearly ten years. It’s a job most of time. I like to meet different people. I always work , because there are too cars during the day. I live 20 kilometers outside of London and I go to at 5:30 in the afternoon. I usually go home between two and three o’clock in the morning.
There is a very strange and interesting thing one night. I take a woman with a little dog home. When we get to her house, She can’t find her key and purse (钱包). So I wait in the car with the dog and she climbs in through the window.
I wait for half an hour. At last I want what is wrong with her. I tie (系) the dog to a tree and in through the window, too.
A policeman passes by and he thinks I am a thief(小偷). I argue(争论) with the policeman. The .akes the dog barking loudly. The old woman wakes up and goes out of the . Because just now she goes to and forgets me and the dog at all!
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