Teaching is one of the most rewarding(有回报的)jobs. It is also one of the most stressful. If you want to be a teacher, you should have a passion(激情) for young people. If you are thinking about going into teaching for any other reason than this, you need to find another job.
Teaching is difficult. Students can be difficult. Parents can be difficult. If you do not have a passion for the young people that you teach, you will burn out quickly. Passion is what keeps an excellent teacher going. When students have trouble understanding what is taught, it is what drives him to spend long hours trying to think out how to help them. If you do not have enough passion for your students, you might last a year or two, but not long. Passion is a must-have quality for every good teacher.
Teaching can be rewarding, but you shouldn’t expect that reward to come easily. Teachers who search out better and new methods are the ones who will make it. A good teacher needs to be able to work with everyone. All teachers face stress. It is important to be able to deal with everything that is thrown at you when you walk through your classroom doors. There are so many chances for stress within a classroom that an excellent teacher has to be able to bring it in control. If you cannot deal with stress quite well, then teaching may not be the right job for you.
1. According to the passage, if you want to be a teacher, ____________.
A. you’d better ask the writer for advice
B. passion is the most important
C. you will be best rewarded
D. you have to be young enough
2.A successful teacher is someone who ____________.
A. burns out quickly and easily
B. faces the most stress and difficult parents
C. searches out better and new methods
D. has the right reason for his job
3.The key words for the passage are ____________.
A. passion and stress
B. difficult and rewarding
C. deal with and be able to
D. teachers and students
4.Most stress is thrown at the teacher ____________.
A. in the classroom B. from the parents
C. in a year or two D. after class
5.An excellent teacher knows ____________.
A. how the reward as a teacher will come
B. how to deal with everything that happens in his work
C. how long his passion for young people will last
D. how many new methods he will have to use
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It was Friday. The football game was Saturday and we were very excited. My brother was going to be the quarterback(美式足球进攻组织者) for our team. It was the first time he would be in that ________. He had been hoping to be the quarterback ever since he joined the team. He said, “That’s the big job. That’s the one that makes the big difference.”
My mother said, “________, son. That’s the big target(攻击目标), too. You know the other________want to knock you down. You can get hurt.”
“Don’t worry, I’m so________and I’m fast. Besides, I have great players who will________them from coming at me.” my brother said.
I couldn’t________well the whole night. I worried about my brother. My mother was________---he could get hurt.
The next morning, he________early to get to the game. When we got there, it was about to start. The________ ran out on the field. My brother looked great. He saw us and________.
Then it started. They were playing hard. One player in particular from the other team kept________at him. Then it happened. He knocked my brother down. My brother was slow to get up. My brother was screaming. The coach ran out on the field. He told my brother to________some time on the bench. He was afraid he had been hurt.
My mother ran down to________on my brother. But all he did was a smile. “It’s just a bruise (瘀伤). I’m fine. And don’t worry, I’ll be back. This is________. I love leading the team.”
After that game, my brother plays quarterback every Saturday. But my mother is still________. She can’t go to the games. She just waits at home and hopes to see him walking in smiling.
1.A. game B. list C. show D. place
2.A. Go ahead B. Take it easy C. Be careful D. Well done
3.A. parents B. players C. fans D. strangers
4.A. handsome B. healthy C. brave D. strong
5.A. stop B. help C. protect D. hide
6.A. behave B. play C. sleep D. dream
7.A. right B. sad C. angry D. excited
8.A. rested B. exercised C. left D. returned
9.A. family B. team C. coach D. crowd
10.A. laughed B. nodded C. greeted D. cheered
11.A. pointing B. shouting C. looking D. rushing
12.A. spend B. waste C. save D. kill
13.A. call B. check C. operate D. breathe
14.A. funny B. easy C. great D. dangerous
15.A. proud B. excited C. anxious D. clam
---How about seeing the new movie at the theatre tonight?
---______, but I have to go over my notes for tomorrow's exam.
A. All right B. Sounds great
C.I can't D. No, I am terribly sorry
---Claudia, are you going to Jeff’s birthday party on Saturday?
---Unless I______.
A. will be invited B. am invited
C. was inviting D. invited
---Our team has won the first prize in the soccer games.
---Congratulations! ______team you are!
A. How great B. What a great
C. What great D. How a great
It will take a lot of time to______what I really want to do in the future, I think.
A. find B. look C. look for D. find out
