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My birthday was a few days ago. Now I‘m 24 years old and I‘m (41) with teaching. I didn‘t remember my birthday until the morning of the 20th. It was just (42) an ordinary day， no presents， no party， no cake… and I (43) it that way. When I was younger， I always felt sad that almost (44) remembered my birthday， not even my family.But now I don‘t (45) any more， especially this year， from 23 to 24， not much (46). I‘m just not a birthday or holiday person. This month I have several foreign students (47) Chinese with me. I give lessons privately(个别地)， so I (48) to do quite a lot of work before each lesson. So far I‘m getting more (49) in teaching foreigners Chinese， and I think it‘s a very cool job. When I was at (50)， I wanted to follow these native(本国的)English speakers. They can (51) to foreign countries and get teaching jobs easily almost anywhere even (52) they‘re not real teachers. I complained Chinese peo-ple didn‘t have as many (53) as peo-ple from the West. But now things are (54). AsChina is becoming stronger， Chinese is becoming more and more (55)， and maybe in the future I can get teaching jobs in foreign coun-tries. I‘ll study more and get ready.
41. A. worth B. busy C. weak D. silent
42. A. like B. before C. opposite D. between
43. A. report B. prevent C. prefer D. reach
44. A. everybody B. somebody C. anybody D. nobody
45. A. receive B. agree C. care D. blow
46. A. secret B. difference C. experience D. address
47. A. collecting B. choosing C. celebrating D. learning
48. A. need B. mean C. miss D. afford
49. A. amazed B. interested C. frightened D. covered
50. A. school B. library C. meeting D. channel
51. A. ring B. search C. travel D. greet
52. A. unless B. since C. after D. though
53. A. relatives B. chances C. voices D. programs
54. A. increasing B. rewarding C. disappearing D. changing
55. A. popular B. confident C. central D. proud
