— Are you surprised at the ending of the play?
— No, I 　　　the book, so I know the story from beginning to end.

       There was a pleasant feeling of anticipation （期盼） in the air on my first working——as a teacher day. But it was not to last.

       It was a Saturday, and I was on the way to my aunt’s. Sitting in the bus, I __1_ what I would do to deal with my little sister and her friend, who were both in ___2__ third year of primary school. My __3__ and that girl’s mum expected me to help their children with spoken English, and had agreed to __4_ me.

       I started my two girl “class”. Their school books were on the desk, but I didn’t use them, __5__ my own teaching plan.

       At the beginning, the girls were calm and studied  _6  _. But an hour later, after a 15 minute break, they quit concentrating on study. Instead, they ran about the ___7 _ giggling （咯咯笑） madly, paying __8__ attention to me.

       The room got messier-books and toys covered the floor. I was just about to___9 __this when suddenly the door opened. Their parents looked stunned （受惊吓的）.

       My aunt asked, “You have finished the task?” My face __10__, I lied and nodded slightly. Before the girl’s mum could hand me the money, I ___11____ out of the house. I knew I couldn’t accept it.

       Being a teacher with a messy ending is surely __12  _……

  1. A. expected    B. planned      C. thought      D. guessed

  2. A. my         B. her          C. our         D. their

  3. A. teacher      B. friend      C. aunt        D. mum

  4. A. pay         B. call         C. visit        D. invite

  5. A. making      B. following    C. noticing      D. correcting

  6. A. quietly      B. happily       C. carefully     D. hardly

  7. A. yard       B. floor       C. table       D. room

  8. A. no          B. a lot        C. a little      D. more

  9. A. keep       B. stop        C. warn       D. solve

  10. A. shaped     B. frozen       C. burning      D. hiding

  11. A. rushed     B. went       C. walked       D. rode

  12. A. unusual    B. unforgettableC. unlucky    D. uninteresting

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　　This morning, a boy of twelve saw a small fire at one end of the S. S. Panama. Pua Parori (1) home very early to see the ships at port (港口) Richards. It was a good thing that he (2) because there was (3) around, and in no time, the small fire grew (4) big.

　　Young Rua stood at the foot of the ladder (5) to the ship, and shouted at the (6) of his voice(声音). He woke up the port worker (7) nearby, who were still (8) .

　　The S. S. Panama was one of six big (9) in port at the time. It was (10) paper. What's more, the S. S. panama was (11) oil from ports in the Far East. The fire burned (12) boxes of paper. That (13) of the ship was now (14) with smoke. But thank to Rua parori, the fire did't (15) the oi1．It was put out soon.

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