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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 tile 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.
B. a small town
C. a city of middle size
D. a big city
B. decide his or her own lessons
C. find students
D. build up a full schedule
B. Japan is good for nightlife
C. they can teach English privately in Japan
D. Japan has something more attractive than expected
B. unwilling
C. free
D. careless
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(串) of bananas and bags of peanuts. Though he appeared to be about twelve, he seemed to have already
known he bitterness of life. "Bananas 300 naira. Peanuts 200 naira." He said in a low voice. I bargained
him down to 200 that for the fruit and nuts, When he agreed, I handed him a 500 naira bill. He didn"t have
change. So I told him not to worry. He said thanks and smiled a row of perfect teeth.
When, two weeks later, I saw the boy again, I was more aware of my position in a society where it"s
not that uncommon to see a little boy who should be in school standing on the corner selling fruit in the
burning sun. My parents bad raised me to be aware of the advantage we had been afforded and the
responsibility it brought to us.
I pulled over and rolled down my window, He had a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts ready. I
waved them away. "What"t up?"asked him.
"I…I don"t have money to buy books for school."I reached into my pocket and handed him two fresh
500 naira bills. "Will this help?" I asked. He looked around nervously before taking the money. One thousand
naira was a lot of money to someone whose family probably made about 5,000 naira or less each year.
"Thank you, sir." he said. "Thank you very much!"
When driving home. I wondered if my little friend actually used the money for schoolbooks. What if he"s
a cheat (骗子)? And then I wondered why I did it. Did I do it to make myself feel better? Was I using him?
Later, I realized that I wondered why I did it, Did I do it to make myself feel better? Was I using him? Later,
I realized that I didn"t know his name or the least bit about him, nor did I think to ask.
Over the next six months, I was busy working in a news agency in northern Nigeria. Sometime after
I returned, I went out For a drive. When I was about to pull over, the boy suddenly appeared by my window
with a big smile ready on his face.
"Oh, gosh! Long time."
"Are you in school now?"I asked.
He nodded.
"That"s good," I said. A silence fell as we looked at each other, and then I realized what he wanted.
"Here," I held out a 500 naira bill. "Take this." He shook his head and stepped back as if hurt. "What"s
wrong?" I asked. "It"s a gift."
He shook his head again and brought his had form behind his back. His face shone with sweat (汗水).
He dropped a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts in the front seat before he said, "I"ve been waiting to
give these to you."
B. He seemed to have his age.
C. He seemed younger than his age.
D. He seemed good at bargaining.
B. wanted to express his thanks
C. asked him for money for his schoolbooks
D. tried to take advantage of him
B. Because he had learnt to help others since childhood.
C. Because he held a higher position in the society.
D. Because he had been asked by the news agency to do so.
B. Kind and smart.
C. Honest and thankful.
D. Shy and nervous.
my four-hour work 1 up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the
dished. She was 2 jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 3 . a pile of papers spread around
her. Her husband’a 4 was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had
5 happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of 6 .
I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 7 an unexpected relationship with the family.
It was not just 8 I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuct to their wooden floor. 9 that I
had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’beds. It was 10 than that. For I felt I had become a
part of their 11 .
Freda stayed at home with the kids, 12 I would often see her in the morning 13 them to school. And
I’d be there when they 14 home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 15 them grow up. Now
I was fired, but the 16 thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.
I left Freda’s house that day , wondering about the 17 relationship with my clients（主顾. Who am I 18 them? As a matter of fact. I’m 19 an employee－the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted 20
of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.
| ( )1. A. stepping ( )2. A. hanging ( )3. A. cleaned ( )4. A. duty ( )5. A. already ( )6. A. regret ( )7. A. started ( )8. A. why ( )9. A. but ( )10. A. less ( )11. A. life ( )12. A. as ( )13. A. taking ( )14. A. left ( )15. A. found ( )16. A. possible ( )17. A. meaning ( )18. A. for ( )19. A. hardly ( )20. A. member | B. coming B. making B. washed B. money B. seldom B. surprise B. developed B. what B. and B. least B. story B. so B. bringing B. returned B. noticed B. great B. nature B. to B. certainly B. person | C. jumping C. wearing C. swept C. work C. never C. fear C. improved C. that C. or C. more C. activity C. since C. meeting C. went C. watched C. proper C. result C. with C. probably C. relative | D. moving D. changing D. brushed D. pay D. yet D. loss D. broken D. which D. for D. most D. experience D. however D. calling D. marched D. realized D. strange D. importance D. at D. merely D. companion | |||||||||||
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| Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life"s purpose. Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton" s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer"s home town of Sevier, Tennessee. "I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder." Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library. com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts. The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see."We didn"t want to give the children rubbish," says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats"s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney"s Llama Llama series. Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative:"This program introduces us to books I"ve never heard of." The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. "Some people sit there and wait to die," says Tim. "Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left." | ||||||||||||||
| 1. What led Tim think seriously about the meaning of life? | ||||||||||||||
| A. His health problem. B. His love for teaching. C. The influence of his wife. D. The news from the Web. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Give out brochures. B.Do something similar. C. Write books for children. D. Retire from being a teacher. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. According to the text, Dollly Parton is _____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. a well-known surgeon B. a mother of a four-year-old C. a singer born in Tennessee D. a computer programmer | ||||||||||||||
| 4. Why did the Richters go to Dollywood? | ||||||||||||||
| A. To avoid signing up online. B. To meet Dollywood board members. C. To make sure the books were the newest. D. To see if the books were of good quality. | ||||||||||||||
| 5. What can we learn from Tim"s words in the last paragraph? | ||||||||||||||
| A. He needs more money to help the children. B. He wonders why some people are so busy. C. He tries to save those waiting to die. D. He considers his efforts worthwhile. | ||||||||||||||
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| While I studied at school, I felt a great difficulty in leaning my Latin translations. I was always very 1 in using a dictionary, and 2 it most difficult, while to other boys it seemed 3 . I formed an alliance (盟友) with a boy in the Sixth Grade. He was very clever and 4 read Latin as easily as English. My friend for his part was almost as 5 troubled by the English essays he had to write for the headmaster as I was 6 these Latin words. We agreed together that he should 7 me my Latin translations and that I should do his essays. The arrangement 8 wonderfully. The headmaster seemed quite 9 with my work, and I had more time to myself in the morning. On the other hand, once a week 10 I had to compose the essays of my friend. For several months no difficulty 11 , but once we were near]y caught out. One afternoon, the headmaster 12 my friend to discuss one essay with him in a lively spirit. "I was interested in this 13 you make here. I think you might have gone further. Tell me 14 you had in your mind." The headmaster continued in this 15 for some time to fear of my friend. However the headmaster, not wishing to 16 an occasion of praise into 17 of fault-finding, finally 18 him go. He came back to me like a man who had had a very narrow 19 and I made up my mind to make every effort to study my 20 . | ||||||||||||||
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