Question

While I was waiting to enter university, I saw an advertisement in a newspaper –a teaching job wanted at a school.  The school was about ten miles from where I lived. I was in great       of money and wanted to do something useful, so I      .

    Three days later, a letter arrived.  It asked me to meet the principal of the school at Croydon. It proved to be a(n)      journey -a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of      a quarter of a mile.

    A man who was short and round seemed to be the principal and he opened the door for me. "The school," he said, "has a group of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen years old." According to the man, I should have to teach all the subjects       art, which the man himself taught. I should have to      the class into three groups and teach them at three different levels, and I was not glad at the      of teaching Maths -a subject which I wasn't good at. It was       that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be      themselves at that time.

    Before I had time to ask about my       ,the man got up to his feet. "Now," he said,“You'd better meet my wife.  She is the one who really runs this school.”

1.A. fear      B. need    C. danger    D. control

2.A. applied    B. arranged C. announced D. accepted

3.A. comfortable B. boring    C. short    D. unpleasant

4.A. at first    B. at most  C. at least    D. at last

5.A. besides    B. except    C. including D. about

6.A. cut    B. divide    C. turn    D. gather

7.A. action    B. way    C. movement D. thought

8.A. worse    B. better    C. harder    D. nicer

9.A. helping    B. believing C. enjoying  D. losing

10.A. fund    B. value    C. award    D. pay

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者因为急需钱于是申请了一份在学校当老师的工作。在经过不断的倒车后到达了那个学校。一个男人接待了他。他被告知要教除了艺术外的所有科目。还没等他问酬金，那个人去告诉他，他的妻子才是真正掌管学校的人。这真是令人不愉快的经历。

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10.基金 B. value 价值 C. award奖D. pay支付，薪金。根据句意，故选D。

考点：生活故事类短文。