Question

For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B. C. and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

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 __36_ in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as  _37_ as if I were going on the stage. Finding the  38  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

The simple atmosphere of the office  39  me. The woman looked carefully at me for a while through her glasses, and then questioned me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather  40    She wondered why I was looking for this sort of job I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be  41  to get a job without experience I wondered whether I ought to leave, when the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

“  42 , I’ve got someone in the office at this very moment who might  43  .” She

wrote down a __44  , and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants a cook   immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

“Oh yes,” said I —  45  having cooked for more than four in my life. I  46  her again and again, and rushed out to the nearest 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  47  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. encouraged   B. dissatisfied      C. hopeless        D. pleased

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

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

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

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

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

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

12.A. borrowing    B. buying          C.reading           D. writing

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.C

【解析】略