Question

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

I had seen an agency （中介机构） advertised in a local newspaper．I rushed out of the __41_ in search of it．I was wildly excited, and as _42_ as if I were going on the stage．Finding the ___43__ quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please．”

The simple atmosphere of the office __44__ me．The woman looked carefully at me __45_ through her glasses, and then 46  me in a low voice．I answered softly．All of a sudden I started to feel rather  47   She wondered why I was looking for this sort of  48   I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be  49  to get a job without  50   I wondered whether I ought to leave,   51 the telephone on her desk rang．I heard her say:

“52  , I’ve got someone in the 53   at this very moment who might 54  ．” She wrote down a 55   and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady．She wants a 56  immediately．In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people．”

“Oh yes,” said I ----  57  having cooked for more than four in my life．I  58  her again and again, and rushed out to the  59  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 60  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．borrowing         B．buying                   C．reading                D．writing

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.C

【解析】略