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. I wasn’t an excellent 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 offer.
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 in. I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me time off the next. But unluckily, it didn’t often work out. 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 situation. 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 accepted because I didn’t take many exams in school. She asked me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave 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 thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that I could have a success, even if I am not top of the class at school.
【小题1】What do you think of the writer when she was a student?

Mrs. Thompson, a school teacher, told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t get along well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.

Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy bought her a present, too. It was his mother’s perfume(香水).

Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my mom used to.” After the children left she cried for an hour. On that very day, she stopped being busy teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to care more about the children.

Mrs. Thompson paid more attention to Teddy. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of Grade 6, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.

Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he had ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D.(医学博士).

The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard said, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel good about myself and showed me that I could make a difference.”

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, said, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”

1.What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?

A．She made Teddy feel sad.

B．She told the class something untrue about herself.

C．She changed Teddy’s seat to the front row.

D．She asked the children to play with Teddy.

2.Why didn’t Teddy get along well with the other children?

A．He always needed a bath.                 B．Mrs. Thompson did not like him.

C．He felt lonely without his mother.           D．He didn’t enjoy playing with others.

3.What does the underlined sentence “Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself” mean in the passage?

A．Mrs. Thompson was pleased with what she had done.

B．Mrs. Thompson was angry with the boy’s mother.

C．Mrs. Thompson was surprised that the boy’s mother was gone.

D．Mrs. Thompson was very sorry because she didn’t like the child before.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the reading?

A．Mrs. Thompson gave Teddy Stoddard motherly care and encouragement.

B．Teddy had probably become a doctor before he got married.

C．Mrs. Thompson agreed with Teddy that she had made a difference in his life.

D．Teddy thought Mrs. Thompson was the best teacher he had ever had in his whole life.

5.Which of the following can be the best title for the reading?

A．Making a Difference.

B．Not a Really Good Teacher

C．A Clever Student

D．Friendship between Students and Teachers.