I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of
36 .
I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking
37 I might do and found I didn’t have much to
38 . 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
39 began when I agreed to
40 , so that I would be there if my
41 had to go out for business in the evening. We
42 that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me off the next. But
43 , it didn’t often work out. I was getting extremely
44and fed up, because I had too many
45 nights and early mornings with the children.
46 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
47 . She suggested that I should take a (n)
48 and get a qualification if I wanted to work with children. I did not think I would be
49 because I didn’t take many exams in school. She
50 me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience
51 for a lot and I got a part-time course. I had to
52 my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten. Now I’ve got a full-time job there, I shall always be
53 to Megan. I wish I had known
54 that you could have a career,
55 you aren’t top of the class at school.
| 小题1: | | A．challenge | B．career | C．course | D．award |
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| 小题3: | | A．learn | B．teach | C．share | D．offer |
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| 小题4: | | A．problems | B．questions | C．work | D．career |
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| 小题5: | | A．stay up | B．play with | C．look after | D．live in |
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| 小题6: | | A．friend | B．boss | C．classmate | D．parent |
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| 小题7: | | A．agreed | B．thought | C．hoped | D．believed |
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| 小题8: | | A．particularly | B．clearly | C．unfortunately | D．specially |
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| 小题9: | | A．excited | B．tired | C．surprised | D．disappointed |
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| 小题10: | | A．early | B．late | C．long | D．hard |
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| 小题11: | | A．Another | B．That | C．This | D．One |
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| 小题12: | | A．condition | B．work | C．children | D．situation |
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| 小题13: | | A．course | B．exam | C．college | D．duty |
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| 小题14: | | A．hired | B．recognized | C．accepted | D．known |
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| 小题15: | | A．promised | B．persuaded | C．allowed | D．made |
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| 小题16: | | A．explained | B．showed | C．counted | D．meant |
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| 小题18: | | A．warm | B．kind | C．thankful | D．friendly |
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| 小题19: | | A．later | B．earlier | C．more | D．less |
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| 小题20: | | A．even if | B．only if | C．since | D．as |
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