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