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 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 a(n) 20 journey —a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of 21 a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. Clearly, the principal 22 opened the door. He was 23 and round. “The school” he said, “has a group of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen.” I should have to teach all the 24 except art, which he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into 25 groups and teach them at three different 26 , and I was not 27 at the thought of teaching maths —a subject which I didn’t do very well in at school. It was 28 that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon 29 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．principal D．student 小题5: A．comfortable B．easy C．short D．unpleasant 小题6: A．at least B．at first C．at last D．at most 小题7: A．herself B．themselves C．itself D．himself 小题8: A．bad B．glad C．short D．smiling 小题9: A．people B．subjects C．boys D．knowledge 小题10: A．two B．three C．four D．five 小题11: A．subjects B．lessons C．levels D．schools 小题12: A．glad B．surprised C．angry D．sad 小题13: A．better B．more exciting C．worse D．nicer 小题14: A．until B．after C．if D．because 小题15: A．enjoying B．helping C．studying D．arguing