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I’m Monty Don. Though I’m a host and writer now, I had an unhappy study experience actually. I changed   21  many times.
I first went to school at five. None of my teachers or classmates liked me, because I always gave them a lot of   22 . I once put a worm in a girl's pocket. When I was seven, I was asked to      23   the school. Then I was sent off to a boarding school. I missed my   24  very much at first; I didn't want to leave once I returned home. Later I met a very   25  teacher, who cared for me and helped me with study. He was also the   26  person to encourage me to act and write. At 13, I moved to Malvern College, but I was kicked out at 15 for   27  school rules. Then I went to another school where I failed my English A level. In fact, I didn't like studying.
I finally   28  that life shouldn't be like this. So I retook the  29  and got an A grade. And more   30 , I made a decision: to go to college, so I began to   31  for the entrance exam. I   32  passed the exam and went to Cambridge to read English. I met my wife there and I was   33  I made that decision, otherwise I wouldn't have had a happy family. Looking back on what I've   34 , I come to know that if you devote yourself to it, nothing is   35 .
小题1:
A.schoolsB.majorsC.jobsD.directions
小题2:
A.attentionB.respectC.troubleD.help
小题3:
A.leave B.joinC.visitD.describe
小题4:
A.friendB.childhoodC.teacherD.family
小题5:
A.rudeB.goodC.terribleD.new
小题6:
A.first B.youngestC.lastD.right
小题7:
A.followingB.changingC.misusingD.breaking
小题8:
A.guessedB.doubtedC.rememberedD.realised
小题9:
A.lessonB.exam C.photoD.position
小题10:
A.difficultlyB.effectivelyC.importantlyD.likely
小题11:
A.prepare B.callC.waitD.hope
小题12:
A.suddenlyB.unluckilyC.accidentallyD.finally
小题13:
A.sorryB.proudC.glad D.afraid
小题14:
A.writtenB.experiencedC.seenD.concerned
小题15:
A.strangeB.perfectC.impossible D.false
答案

小题1:A

小题2:C

小题3:A

小题4:D

小题5:B

小题6:A

小题7:D

小题8:D

小题9:B

小题10:C

小题11:A

小题12:D

小题13:C

小题14:B

小题15:C

题目分析:

小题1:由后面的句子I first went to school at five.可以知道他换了好几次学校

小题2:由后面的句子I once put a worm in a girl's pocket.可以知道我给他们带来很多麻烦

小题3:由后面的句子Then I was sent off to a boarding school.可以知道我离开了学校

小题4:由前面的句子Then I was sent off to a boarding school.可以知道我很想家

小题5:由后面的句子who cared for me and helped me with study.可以知道我遇见了一位好老师

小题6:由后面的句子encourage me to act and write.可以知道他是第一个鼓励我学习的老师

小题7:由后面的句子Then I went to another school where I failed my English A level.可以知道我违反了学校纪律

小题8:固定句型realise that…意思“意识到…”,句子意思“我最后意识到生活不应该像这样”

小题9:由后面的句子got an A grade可以知道是考试

小题10:由后面的句子I made a decision: to go to college,可以知道是最重要的

小题11:固定词组prepare for sth意思“为某事做准备”

小题12:由后面的句子passed the exam and went to Cambridge to read English.可以知道我最后通过了考试

小题13:固定词组be glad that…意思“…很高兴”,句子意思“在那里我遇见了我的妻子我很高兴做出那样的决定”

小题14:由前面的句子Looking back on意思“回忆”,可以知道是回忆以前所经历的

小题15:由前面说作者换了好几个学校,最后自己下定决心考上了大学,说明什么都是可能能的,所以选C

点评:讲述作者换了好几个学校,最后自己下定决心考上了大学,说明只要你肯努力,什么都是可能能的。答题前一定要读懂全文,弄清文章要表达的思想,注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中,一定要认真分析,注意选项与上下文的关系,与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成,因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章,看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺,语意连贯。

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Running a School Book Stall

开办学校书店

I assume that the desirability of a school book stall needs no urging. Many schools sell food and toys. If we do not sell books it is surely strange Many schools serve areas where book shops do not exist and the only books brought before children for buying are the dubious selections of supermarkets. Moreover even in communities where a good book shop is available the guidance which can be given at the book stall is valuable, as we soon found.

Essentially the school book stall is an extension of the encouragement and guidance in private reading which is part of the work of the English teacher. The first essential then, in setting up shop is a teacher particularly interested in children reading and in building up as wide as possible a knowledge of books to suit the school’s range of pupils.

Given the teacher, the next requirement is a bookseller willing to supply you. In some cases you will be able to obtain your books on credit, paying as you sell, but if the school can find a sum to purchase its stock, or at least a part of it, this is a great help.

Having found your supplier you then approach the Publisher’s Association for a Book Agent’s licence. The licence entitles you to a discount on your purchase through your chosen supplier, the usual discount being 10% with service. Service usually consists of delivery and a sale or return arrangement, the latter essential in allowing you to be enterprising and experimental in your stock. Without service a slightly higher discount is given but the former arrangement is clearly preferable.

The biggest, indeed the only considerable, cost in running the book stall is the occasional theft of a book and this may well vary from school to school but the presence of the teacher and the alertness of the assistants is largely deterrent, and the discount should cover this and any other smaller expenses. Browsing is essential. The books must be handled. You cannot keep them safe and immaculate behind glass.

For equipment the only essentials are some tables on which to display the books and a cupboard to store them in. Incidentally an arrangement of books with covers rather than spines visible seems to be vastly more attractive and accessible to children who have not the habit of browsing. A single way out past the cash desk is helpful to security and we record details of each purchase including the age of the buyer both for reordering and as interesting information on reading habits.

Initially we stocked two hundred titles and the selection has grown to close on a thousand. It is convenient if cash or credit allows you to have duplicate copies of popular titles. What is stocked must depend on the teacher in charge. What you are prepared to sell in the cause of encouraging interest in reading will obviously be an individual judgment. Sales for their own sake are in the school context obviously purposeful and the teacher needs to be able to explain to interested parents why he thought a given book valuable for a certain child.

There are always more offers of help from pupils than we can accept. The assistants serve, recommend, order, make posters and arrange displays. Some of the least able pupils have worked devotedly at the book stall.

Publicity is vital. We have two display cases on the school approach containing forty books changed fortnightly and they arouse a lot of interest. Teachers’ recommendations, book lists, beginnings of stories read to classes, do much. Some classes buy a book a week between them. The book stall is always open on such occasions as Parent’s Evenings.

We open twice a week in the lunch hour and we sell twenty to forty books a week, commercially not much but in our opinion well worth the effort.

The writer implies that the reason why a school needs a book stall is().

A. because children always choose the wrong books

B. children find it difficult to choose books in a supermarket

C. because children only like strange books

D. children find it difficult to choose the fight books