“You must be mad！” said my friends. “Giving up your job now， when there isn't much chance of finding another one， ever！”

But I had already come to my lonely decision. To wake up in the morning with a sense of fear， to force a hasty breakfast down an unwilling throat and then to set off for work with pounding heart and frozen face had become habitual， and I had turned to tranquilizers(镇定剂) to help me along.

It hadn't always been as bad as this. Ten years before I had managed quite well.

I， in common with most other teachers， am rather self??critical， and I knew now I was no longer “managing”.My classes were noisy， the children were not learning very much， and my attempts to cope with changing teaching methods produced very little effect. At one time my very presence in the doorway would be enough to ensure a partial silence. Now they give a vague(含糊的) “Hello， Miss”， and carry on. I had run out of enjoyment and enthusiasm. It was time to stop.

Was it all my own failure？ In fairness to myself， I don't think it was. I had plenty of ideas， I loved my subject， and I liked children.

I had been idealistic. But the reality I faced was bored children， over??stimulated(刺激)by video??watching the night before and tired out by a late bedtime. They were given the wrong food at the wrong time， who came without breakfast to school and then stuffed themselves with gum and chocolates bought on the way； who were “high” with hunger in class and talked restlessly as the cooking smell from the school kitchen came drifting (漂) to all floors.

I had been trying to create the basic conditions in which teaching becomes possible， but I had failed， and no longer had the stomach for the job.

64.The reason why the writer decided to give up her job was probably that　　　　.

A.teaching children wasn't challenging

B.she took no pride in her work

C.teaching had become too much for her

D.she disliked the new teaching method

65.“My very presence in the doorway would be enough to ensure a partial silence” means“　　　　”.

A.I'd very well make some students stop talking simply by standing in the doorway

B.when I came to the doorway， the class would immediately quiet down

C.all the students would become silent on my turning up in the doorway

D.my appearance in the doorway could at least comfort the class

66.The following are all reasons that children couldn't concentrate in class EXCEPT　　　　.

A.they were tired out because they went to bed too late

B.they were burdened with too much homework

C.they were not properly fed by their parents

D.they were over excited by video??watching the night before

67.We can infer from the passage that the writer　　　　.

A.had no love for children at all

B.never truly enjoyed teaching

C.found it difficult to give up her job

D.felt extremely nervous about each coming day

"My aunt will come down soon, Mr．Nuttel," said a young lady of fifteen．

Framton Nuttel attempted to say something to please the niece． Privately he doubted whether this visit would do much towards helping with his　nerve problem．

"I know how it will be," his sister had said, "People there　 are nice． I shall just give you letters of introduction to all the people I know there．" Framton wondered whether Mrs．Sappleton, the lady to whom he was presenting one of the letters ofintroduction came into the nice division．

"Do you know many of the people round here?" asked the niece．

"Hardly a soul," said Framton．

"Then you know practically nothing about my aunt． Her great tragedy（悲剧） happened

just three years ago," said the child, “Out through that window, her husband and her two young brothers went off for their day's shooting． They never came back． Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back someday． She has often told me about Ronnie, her youngest brother, singing ‘Bertie, why do you bound?"'

At this time, Mrs． Sappleton came in, greeting,“I hope you don't mind the open window．" She talked on cheerfully about the shooting． To Framton it was all purely horrible． He made a desperate but only partially successful effort to tum the talk on to a less scary topic． "The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, and an absence of mental excitement．" he announced, "On the matter of diet they are not so much in agreement," he continued．

"No?" said Mrs． Sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a yawn at the last moment． "Here they are at last!" she suddenly cried． In the deepening dusk out came three figures with a tired brown spaniel （猎犬）．And then a young voice rang out of the dusk, "I said, Bertie, why do you bound?"

Framton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat, without a word of goodbye, and rushed out of sight．

“What is up?" Mrs． Sappleton was confused．

"I expect it was the spaniel," said the niece calmly, "He told me that he was once hunted into a tomb by a pack of dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug tomb with the creatures barking just above him． Enough to make anyone lose their nerve．"

Romance at short notice was her specialty．

72． According to the passage, we leam that Mrs． Sappleton　　　　 ．

　　　 A． felt sorrow about the shooting 　　　　　　　　 B． got along well with Ronnie

　　　 C． listened carefully to Framton 　　　　　　　　　 D． trusted and spoiled her niece

73． As for Framton's nerve problem, his doctors　　　　 ．

　　　 A． recommended him to go off for a shooting

　　　 B． suggested to him a rest cure in the countryside

　　　 C． advised him to keep his mind off excitement

　　　 D． agreed on the treatment of his diet

74． Which word can best describe Framton?

　　　 A． Cheerful． 　　　 B． Brave． 　　　　　 C． Fragile． D． Wise．

75． What can be inferred about the niece from the last sentence?

　　　 A． She was good at making up a story in a short time．

　　　 B． She showed a strong love for scary stories．

　　　 C． She fell in love with Framton in no time．

　　　 D． She took no notice of strange visitors．

But I had already come to my lonely decision. To wake up in the morning with a sense of fear， to force a hasty breakfast down an unwilling throat and then to set off for work with pounding heart and frozen face had become habitual， and I had turned to tranquilizers(镇定剂) to help me along.
It hadn't always been as bad as this. Ten years before I had managed quite well.
I， in common with most other teachers， am rather self­critical， and I knew now I was no longer “managing”.My classes were noisy， the children were not learning very much， and my attempts to cope with changing teaching methods produced very little effect. At one time my very presence in the doorway would be enough to ensure a partial silence. Now they give a vague(含糊的) “Hello， Miss”， and carry on. I had run out of enjoyment and enthusiasm. It was time to stop.
Was it all my own failure？ In fairness to myself， I don't think it was. I had plenty of ideas， I loved my subject， and I liked children.
I had been idealistic. But the reality I faced was bored children， over­stimulated(刺激)by video­watching the night before and tired out by a late bedtime. They were given the wrong food at the wrong time， who came without breakfast to school and then stuffed themselves with gum and chocolates bought on the way； who were “high” with hunger in class and talked restlessly as the cooking smell from the school kitchen came drifting (漂) to all floors.
I had been trying to create the basic conditions in which teaching becomes possible， but I had failed， and no longer had the stomach for the job.

1. 1.

   The reason why the writer decided to give up her job was probably that .

   1. A.
      teaching children wasn't challenging
   2. B.
      she took no pride in her work
   3. C.
      teaching had become too much for her
   4. D.
      she disliked the new teaching method
2. 2.

   “My very presence in the doorway would be enough to ensure a partial silence” means“ ”.

   1. A.
      I'd very well make some students stop talking simply by standing in the doorway
   2. B.
      when I came to the doorway， the class would immediately quiet down
   3. C.
      all the students would become silent on my turning up in the doorway
   4. D.
      my appearance in the doorway could at least comfort the class
3. 3.

   The following are all reasons that children couldn't concentrate in class EXCEPT .

   1. A.
      they were tired out because they went to bed too late
   2. B.
      they were burdened with too much homework
   3. C.
      they were not properly fed by their parents
   4. D.
      they were over excited by video­watching the night before
4. 4.

   We can infer from the passage that the writer .

   1. A.
      had no love for children at all
   2. B.
      never truly enjoyed teaching
   3. C.
      found it difficult to give up her job
   4. D.
      felt extremely nervous about each coming day

“You must be mad!” said my friends. “Giving up your job now, when there isn’t much chance of finding another one, ever!”

But I had already come to my lonely decision. To wake up in the morning with a sense of fear, to force a hasty breakfast down an unwilling throat and then to set off for work with pounding heart and frozen face had become habitual, and I had turned to tranquilizers（镇定剂）to help me along.

It hadn’t always been as bad as this. Ten years before I had managed quite well.

I, in common with most other teachers, am rather self-critical, and I knew now I was no longer “managing”. My classes were noisy, the children were not learning very much, and my attempts to cope with changing teaching methods produced very little effect. At one time my very presence in the doorway would be enough to ensure a partial silence. Now they give a vague（含糊的） “Hello, Miss”, and carry on. I had run out of enjoyment and enthusiasm. It was time to stop.

Was it all my own failure? In fairness to myself, I don’t think it was. I had plenty of ideas, I loved my subject, and I liked children.

I had been idealistic. But the reality I faced was bored children, over-stimulated（刺激）by video-watching the night before and tired out by a late bedtime. They were given the wrong food at the wrong time, who came without breakfast to school and then stuffed themselves with gum and chocolates bought on the way; who were “high” with hunger in class and talked restlessly as the cooking smell from the school kitchen came drifting（漂）to all floors.

I had been trying to create the basic conditions in which teaching becomes possible, but I had failed, and no longer had the stomach for the job.

1．The reason why the writer decided to give up her job was probably that           .

       A．teaching children wasn’t challenging

       B．she took no pride in her work

       C．teaching had become too much for her

       D．she disliked the new teaching method

2．“My very presence in the doorway would be enough to ensure a partial silence” means “           .”

       A．I’d very well make some students stop talking simply by standing in the doorway

       B．when I came to the doorway, the class would immediately quiet down

       C．all the students would become silent on my turning up in the doorway

       D．my appearance in the doorway could at least comfort the class

3．The following are all reasons that children couldn’t concentrate in class EXCEPT           .

       A．they were tired out because they went to bed too late

       B．they were burdened with too much homework

       C．they were not properly fed by their parents

       D．they were over excited by video-watching the night before

4．We can infer from the passage that the writer           .

       A．had no love for children at all

       B．never truly enjoyed teaching

       C．found it difficult to give up her job

       D．felt extremely nervous about each coming day

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Once again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Paris. That’s where the   31 ended.
I was tall and she was small. I was one of the oldest in the class while she was the youngest. I was   32 and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t   33 her, considering her my enemy. But she wanted to be friends.
One day, she invited me over and I said yes — I was too   34  to say no. Actually no one has invited me over to play before. But this girl, who wore the latest  35 , wanted to see me.
She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister. When we got to the room she    36 with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies（芭比娃娃）- which was my next  37 . I would have thought she’d outgrown them. I has never played with them. But we sat on the floor of a walk-in cupboard laughing as we  38 crazy stories about the Barbies. That’s   39 we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older. We both had wile   40 .
We had a great day that afternoon. Our jaws ached from   41 so much. She showed me her outfits, which had   42  come from a designer clothing store down the block. The woman who owned it used her   43  a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes   44 .
Paris had the whole neighborhood   45 . The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free   46  and the pizza place let her have free slices. Soon I was   47 in her magic world. We slept over at each other’s houses, spent every free moment together. My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being   48 .
Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me   49  the through teenage years and taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends: your “worst enemy” can  50 to be your best friend.