专题06 阅读理解之记叙文10篇（第二期）-2023高考英语天津市名校模拟真题速递

2023高考英语天津市名校模拟真题速递 第二期 专题06 阅读理解之记叙文10篇 （2023秋·天津·高三天津二中校考一模）After graduating from Ontario College of Teachers, I became a teacher at a one-room country school in Aldborough Township, Ont. That first day of school as a 19-year-old female teacher was a frightening experience. It was one thing to have graduated as a successful student; it was another thing to face a classroom of little faces who were waiting to size up the “new teacher.” I had a classroom of 21 children of different shapes and sizes. The youngest was five going on six and the eldest was 16. There were two entry doors in my school, one for the girls, one for the boys, and just inside each door was a chemical toilet—no outdoor facilities for us! The heat in the building was a wood-burning furnace(火炉)down in the basement. Tending the furnace was one of my responsibilities. Luckily, I knew a bit about starting a fire, so the school didn’t burn down. When I found most difficult was that a parent might take a child out of school for any reason. I had one Dutch family, whose father would keep the children out of school to help with the farm work. Finally, I got fed up with this and sent an education officer to straighten out the problem. Needless to say, I was very unpopular with that family from then on, but the children came to school much more regularly! In the classroom, the older students helped the younger ones with learning, as well as putting on coats and hats. If someone’s lunch was forgotten, everyone shared a bit of their food. We were a family. We had good times and bad times, but we kept learning. Far beyond maths, social studies, reading, grammar and writing, we learned how to get along with each other. I loved teaching at this small school and knew I was teaching the children about life as much as about subjects. I’d like to believe I’ve turned out some students who will have an influence on the world that will last long after I am gone. 1．How did the author feel on her first day as a teach