Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I’m not a football commentator(評論員),though-just an English teacher in Japan.
I came to Japan two years ago, and didn't think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you. People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it’s  best to teach in a biggest city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for the nightlife factor. But I’d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.
I teach English  privately, which means I’m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it’s well worth doing a TEFL course  first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule(日程表)of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time.
Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on. But whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.
The schools are reluctant to take time off –even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.
56.From the passage we know in Japan the write likes to live in_______.
A.Tokyo                            B.a small town                     C.a city of middle site                  D.a big city
57.According to the writer, one had better________first to do private teaching better.
A.take a TEFL course                                             B.decide his or her own lessons
C.find students                                                      D.build up a full schedule
58.The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that_______.
A.there are many foreigners in Japan                  B.Japan is good for nightlife
C.they can teach English privately in Japan 
D.Japan has something more attractive than expected
59.The underlined word“reluctant”in the passage may probably mean_____.
A.kind                        B.unwilling                 C.free                                       D.careless

56.C 57.A 58.D 59.B

56．解析：這是一道細(xì)節(jié)題。第二段中的But I’d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.說明作者喜歡住在中等城市中。neither too large nor too small表示是一個不大不小的城市，即大小適中的城市，與a city of middle size同義。
57．解析：這是一道細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段中的If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it’s well worth doing a TEFL course firs, because your lessons will be much better for it.可判斷出為了把私立教學(xué)搞好，首先要參加TEFL課程，因?yàn)檫@樣TEFL課程可以使私立教學(xué)搞得更好。
58．解析：這是一道猜義題。根據(jù)上文中的I came to Japan two years ago, and didn’t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you.可判斷出這句話的意思是“日本有些比想象得更吸引人的東西�！弊髡弑緛頉]有打算呆在日本，但是在那兒已呆了兩年，這超出了預(yù)料，其原因是日本有一些吸引人的東西。
59．解析：這是一道詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下文中的even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off可判斷出reluctant意為“不愿意”，因?yàn)閔ad trouble getting the day off表示在休假方面有困難，說明校方不愿意讓教師休假。
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