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.
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A．schools B．shops C．hills D．the Great Wall
A．history B．music C．country D．time
A．to plan B．planned C．plans D．planning
A．weather B．holiday C．train D．city
A．water B．day C．time D．money
A．get B．to get C．getting D．got
A．Both B．All C．One of D．Every one of
A．call B．calling C．calls D．called
A．take B．pay C．cost D．have
A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．something
Rose didn’t see her school IC card at lunch time. She asked her classmates and looked for it everywhere. But she couldn’t it. Later, one girl said that she saw Kate take a card from Rose’s desk. So Rose got very .
When she met Kate in the afternoon, Rose , “You have stolen(偷) my card!” Hearing this, Kate began to cry, “No, no, I didn’t steal it! I only took it by .” But Rose didn’t think so and they began to fight.
Just then a teacher came up and what had happened. Kate told the whole story. She said her pen pal came to see her in the morning. She was so that she took the card carelessly. Then they went for lunch happily. “I used the card, but I had thought it was mine. I didn’t know it was Rose’s she asked. I was too afraid to explain it to her. So I decided to put the back with some money secretly. “I am sorry, Rose.” Kate said in a low.
“It’s just a misunderstanding（误会)！” said the teacher. Tears(泪水) came into Rose’s eyes. Then she said, “I was sorry, Kate! I hope we are still good friends. ”A. findB. buy C. put
A. happy B. angryC. afraid
A. sang B. shoutedC. read
A. card B. wordsC. mistake
A. asked B. understoodC. allowed
A. sad B. excitedC. interested
A. untilB. afterC. if
A. penB. book C. card
A. voice B. soundC. noise
A. not B. alsoC. Never
Three small fish lived in the sea. When they were very young, their parents died. They had toeach other day after day. Finally, they up and dared to swim deeper and further.
One morning, the three fish were to a shallow (浅) water by a big wave (浪). A small boat was taken there, too. It was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was fight in front of them. The largest fish realized that they wereand said they had to find a way to leave there as fast as possible. The second largest fish with his elder brother, but the youngest one did not. He said that there was muchfor their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swam around. At last, the largest fish returned to the pond by over the lowest part of the boat. The second fish also succeeded in joining his older brother in the other side of water. But the youngest one didn't follow them and still swam joyfully.
Two hours later, when the rose up, the water in the small shallow corner dried up. The fish who did not try to return to the sea died of lack(缺乏)of water.A. listen to B. look after C. talk with
A. grow B. grew C. grown
A. allowed B. given C. taken
A. in safety B. in doubt C. in danger
A. agreed B. talked C. compared
A. timeB. food C. water
A. slowly B. sadly C. happily
A. jumps B. jumped C. jumping
A. large B. largest C. larger
A. storm B. starsC. sun
As I was passing the elephants, I was confused to see these huge animals were held by nothing but a small rope. The rope was tied to their front legs. No chains, no cages. It was that the elephants could easily break away from the ropes at any time. But the fact was opposite.
I saw a nearby and asked why these elephants just stood there and made no attempt (尝试) to . “Well,” he said, “when they were very young and much smaller, we used the same rope to tie them. At that age, it was enough to hold them. As they , they are used to believing that they cannot break away. They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.”
To my , these animals could break free from their ropes at any time, but they . Because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go life believing that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? How many of us have trying something new because of a limited belief (认知)? Worse, how many of us are being held back by someone else’s limited beliefs?
A．clear B．lively C．smart D．lovely
A．visitor B．gardener C．trainer D．waiter
A．get away B．give away C．put away D．carry away
A．colour B．size C．model D．number
A．turn up B．get up C．look up D．grow up
A．even B．still C．hard D．hardly
A．surprise B．joy C．danger D．interest
A．did B．didn’t C．are D．aren’t
A．down B．on C．at D．through
A．finished B．enjoyed C．avoided D．practised
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Tigers are dangerous and cruel animals. They are the bosses of the Asian jungles with their cleverness, quickness and s.A cat, on the o
hand, is a homebody that comforts us with its gentle warmth and calms us with its purring(猫叫声).
As a mother, there is no doubt that the Chinese-American writer Amy Chua is a tiger. Her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,tpeople about the strict raising she gave her two children. She thinks that being strict is the o
way to develop a child's potential(潜力)and to make them strong, independent and successful. Her kids were not allowed to watch TV or play video games. They were not allowed to "hang out" with other kids after school. They had to be the top students in their classes. And they had to practise playing the piano and violin for hours every day. As a r
, her kids became successful.
Chua says, Iher, most Asian mothers are tigers because they believe their children can achieve a lot if they're pushed hard enough. She says American mothers are really cats. They care m
about their children's self-esteem(自尊).They don't want to push their kids too hard for fear of hurting their feelings. American mothers e
their children to find their own path.
So, is a tiger mom better than a cat? Perhaps it depends on the differences bAsian and Western cultures. It may a
depend on the child himself. Some kids need to be pushed while others respond(反应)to a gentler hand. To growl or to purr? There is no easy answer.