Question

    I really love my job. I enjoy working with small children and like the _______ and rewards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that kind of job.

I wasn't a good student because I didn't do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn't have much to _______. I just accepted that I wasn't the type to have a career.

I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn't too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live _______ so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work _______ hours one week. she'd give me time off the next. But unluckily it didn't often _______. I was getting very tired, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.

One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my _______. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification（资格证书）if I wanted to work with children. I didn't think I would be _______ because I didn't take many exams in school. She asked me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience mattered a lot and I got on a part-time course.

Now I've got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known _______ that you could have a career, even if you aren't _______ of the class at school.

Each of us fails from time to time. If we are ____________ we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process.

1.A.interests B.praises C.challenges D.gifts

2.A.get B.help C.award D.offer

3.A.up B.on C.out D.in

4.A.other B.extra C.free D.proper

5.A.come out B.pick out C.carry out D.work out

6.A.pain B.wish C.situation D.angel

7.A.agreed B.received C.accepted D.allowed

8.A.better B.more C.faster D.earlier

9.A.successful B.perfect C.top D.excellent

10.A.wise B.powerful C.hard-working D.honest

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，通过对我工作的介绍，以及我为什么从不是一个好学生到后面成为老师的过程。

1.句意：我喜爱和小朋友一起工作，喜欢工作带来的挑战和奖励。

考查名词辨析。A. interests意为“惊喜”；B. praises意为“称赞”；C. challenges意为“挑战”；D. gifts意为“礼物”；工作既有挑战又有奖励。故选C。

2.句意：在我的最后一个学期，我开始思考我应该做什么，我发现我没有太多的事情可以提供给我做。

考查动词词义辨析。A. get意为“得到”；B. help意为“帮助”；C. award意为“奖品”；D. offer意为“提供”；根据句意，可知作者成绩不好， 做什么，所以不知道有什么工作可以去选择，对于作者而言，工作是别人提供给他的，故选D。

3.句意：但是问题就出现了，当我同意住进去的时候。当老板晚上出差的时候。我就可以在这。

考查介词。A. up意为“向上”；B. on意为“在……上面”；C. out意为“外面”；D. in意为“在……里面”；live in住进去。根据前面两个小女孩，老板出差，晚上应该要在家中照顾孩子。故选D。

4.句意：我们一致同意，如果我一个星期加班，她下一个星期就给我休假。

考查形容词。A. other意为“其他”；B. extra意为“额外的”；C. free意为“免费”；D. proper意为“正确的”；根据句意，她下一个星期就给我休假，可知作者应该是加班了，做了额外的时间。故选B。

5.句意：但不幸的是，这并不经常奏效。我变得非常疲惫和厌倦，因为我有太多的深夜和清晨与孩子们在一起。

考查动词词组。come out意为“出版”；B. pick out意为“挑选”；C. carry out意为“实施”；D. work out意为“解决，奏效”；根据后面作者变得很疲惫可知，这个方法没有奏效，故选D。

6.句意：她以前和我一起上学。我把我的情况告诉了她。

考查名词词义辨析。A. pain意为“病痛”；B. wish意为“祝愿”；C. situation意为“情况”；D. angel意为“天使”；根据后文给的建议，可知作者把情况告诉了Megan。故选C。

7.句意：我认为我不会被录取，因为我在学校没有参加很多考试。

考查动词词义辨析。A. agreed意为“同意”；B. received 意为“收到”；C. accepted意为“接受”；D. allowed意为“允许”；根据后文没有参加考试，再结合选项，所以空格应该是录取。故选C。

8.句意：我希望我早点知道你能有自己的事业，即使你在学校不是班里的尖子。

考查形容词比较级词义辨析。A. better意为“更好”；B. more意为“更多”；C. faster意为“更快”；D. earlier意为“更早”；根据句意，即使你在学校不是班里的尖子生及选项可知，可以更早的知道不是尖子生也可以有事业，故选D。

9.句意：我希望我早点知道你有自己的事业，即使你在学校不是班里的尖子。

考查形容词词义辨析。A. successful意为“成功的”；B. perfect意为“完美的”；C. top意为“顶部”；D. excellent意为“杰出的”；根据前文作者不是一个好学生，没有参加很多考试，可以判断他不是尖子生。故选C。

10.句意：如果我们是明智的，我们接受这些失败作为一个必要的学习过程的一部分。

考查形容词词义辨析。A. wise 意为“明智”；B. powerful意为“强大的”；C. hard-working意为“努力的”；D. honest意为“诚实的”；根据后文“接受这些失败作为一个必要的学习过程的一部分。”及选项可知，这种做法是明智的。故选A。