Question

   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 reluctant to take time off -even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.

1.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

2.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

3.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

D. Japan has something more attractive than expected

4.The underlined word” reluctant” in the passage may probably mean________.

  A. kind           B. unwilling         C. free          C. careless

Answer

1.C

【分析】从原文第二段最后一句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.可以看出，这儿指的a city of middle size

【高考考点】文章细节题

【易错点】：B 可能有学生没有理解整个这句话的含义而导致错误选择。

【备考提示】：做文章细节题时，一定认真观察原文。不要孤立的猜测。

2.A

【分析】从原文第三段，第二句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.可以看出，答案选择 A. take a TEFL course

【高考考点】文章细节题

【易错点】：D 可能有学生没有理解整个这句话的含义而导致错误选择。

【备考提示】：做文章细节题时，一定认真观察原文。不要孤立的猜测。

3.D

【分析】从I came to Japan two years ago, and didn’t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you可以看出Japan has something more attractive than expected

【高考考点】句子含意推测

【易错点】：A 可能有学生没有理解整个这句话的含义而导致错误选择。

【备考提示】：推测句子含义时，一定要结合上下文。不要孤立的理解一个句子

4.B

【分析】由最后一段可以看出：The schools are reluctant to take time off -even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.

【高考考点】细节分析题

【易错点】：不能正确理解句子含意。

【备考提示】：推测句子含义时，一定要仔细分析。不要匆忙得出结论。