Question

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one job by myself and not tell them about it till I'd got one.               

I had seen an agency advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the   1_   in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as    2_  as if I were going on the stage. Finding the    3_  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said " Enter without knocking, if you please. "

The simple atmosphere of the office    4_  me. The woman looked carefully at me   5_  through her glasses, and then    6_  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather   7_  . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of   8_  . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   9to get a job without    10_  . I wondered whether I ought to leave,   11_   the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

“   12_  , I've got someone in the   13_  at this very moment who might    14_   . " She wrote down a   15_   . and held it out to me, saying: "Ring up this lady. She wants a    16immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people."

"Oh yes, " said I——   17_   having cooked for more than four in my life. I   18_  her again and again, and rushed out to the   19_  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours   20_   cook books.

1.A．bed         B．house       C．agency       D．office

2.A．proud        B．please         C．nervous      D．worried

3.A．family        B．door       C．place         D．stage

4.A．calmed        B．excited        C．frightened     D．disturbed

5.A．as usual       B．for a while    C．in a minute    D．once again

6.A．advised       B．examined      C．informed     D．questioned

7.A．encouraged    B．dissatisfied    C．hopeless      D．pleased

8.A．place         B．job             C．advice        D．help

9.A．difficult       B．helpless        C．possible       D．unusual

10.A．ability        B．experience      C．knowledge    D．study

11.A.  after       B．since        C．until          D．when

12.A． Above all    B．As a matter of fact   C．As a result    D．In spite of that

13.A． family      B．house         C．office         D．restaurant

14.A． hire        B． accept       C．suit           D．offer

15.A． letter       B．name     C．note         D．number

16.A． cook        B．help       C．teacher       D．secretary

17.A． almost       B．never         C．nearly        D．really

18.A． answered     B．promised      C．thanked      D．told

19.A.  outside     B． local        C．closest        D．nearest

20.A． burrowing    B．buying          C．reading       D．lending

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B   

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.B   

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.D   

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.C