While I was waiting to enter university,I saw in a newspaper a teaching job [16]___ at a school about ten miles from where I lived.Being very short of [17]___ and wanting to do something [18]___ I applied（申請(qǐng)）,[19]___ as I did so,that without a degree and with no [20]___ of teaching,my chances of getting the job were [21]___.
However,three days later,a letter arrived,calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster.It proved to be a [22]___ journey:a train to Croydon station,a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at [23]___ a quarter of a mile.As a result I arrived there,feeling toe hot to be nervous.It was clearly the [24]___ himself that [25]___ the door.He was short and round.
"The school," he said,"is made up of one [26]___ of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen" I should have to teach all the subjects except art,[27]___ he taught himself I should have to divide the clas s into [28]___ groups and teach them in turn at three different 29]___,and I was [30]___ at the thought of teaching maths-a subject at which I wasn ‘t very [31]___ at school.Worse perhaps was the idea of [32]___ to teach them on Saturday afternoon becausee most of my friends would be [33]___ themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary,he got up to his [34]___ "Now,"he said,"you' d better meet my wife She is the one who really [35]___ this school".
16．A．kept B．lost C．wanted D．found
17．A．money B．tim e C．students D．clothes
18．A．harmful B．useful C．funny D．secret
19．A．expecting B．whispering C．fearing D．considering
20．A．material B．experience C．means D．books.
21．A．nice B．great C．slight D．helpful.
22．A．difficult B．pleasant C．comfortable D．short.
23．A． most B．least C．last D．first.
24．A．teacher B．door-keeper C．student D．headmaster.
25．A．shut B．opened C．repaired D．kicked.
26．A．group B．class C．dozen D．score .
27．A．which B．that C．what D．this .
28．A．one B．two C．three D．four .
29．A．classes B．subjects C．levels D．places.
30．A．excited B．a(chǎn)ngry C．glad D．disappointed.
31．A．poor B．interested C．weak D．good .
32．A．orcing B．having C．forgetting D．managing.
33．A．watching B．studying C．enjoying D．helping.
34．A．letter B．feet C．hands D．wife .
35．A．runs B．starts C．observes D．likes.