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