Question

Because 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 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 40 through her glasses, and then 41  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather 42 ,She wondered why I was looking for this sort of 43  . I felt even more helpless, when she told me that it would be 44  to get a job without 45 .I wondered whether I ought to leave,  46  the telephone on her desk rang, I heard her say:“ 47  , I’ve got someone in the 48  at this very moment, who might 49  .” She wrote down a 50  , and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants  a 51  immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

“Oh yes,” said I — 52  having cooked for more than four in my life. I 53  her again and again, and rushed out to the 54  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 55  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.A

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.C

【解析】

1.本题考查名词。冲出家门去中介公司。  -

2.本题考查形容词。第一次求职当然心里紧张了，而且后面有仿佛在舞台上，这时人们感觉往往是很紧张的．。

3.本题考查名词。中介机构当然应该是一个地方。   

4.本题考查形容词。简朴的环境使我平静下来，excited使兴奋，fright—ened使人害怕，disturbed扰乱，都不合题意。

5.本题考查副词短语。这位妇女透过眼镜很仔细地看了我一会儿。as USU—al像往常一样；in a minute一分钟内(后)；once again又一次。

6.本题考查动词。后面有动词answer所以这question比较合适，对于求职者，中介机构当然要了解询问一些问题。

7.本题考查动词。后面有more hopeless表心理状态的变化，所以开始应为hopeless。   

8.本题考查名词。到中介机构当然要找工作了。

9.本题考查形容词。感到无望肯定是有困难。

10.本题考查名词。ability能力，knoMedge知识，experience经验，找工作而没有工作经验就会有些难，根据句意选experience合适。

11.本题考查连词。When就在这个时候。    ‘

12.本题考查副词短语。Above all最重要的是，as a result结果，In spite ofthat尽管，As a matter of fact实际上，根据句意，B最合适。

13.本题考查名词。介绍现在的情形当然是在办公室了。  

14.本题考查动词。suit适合(hire雇佣，accept接受，不合题意)

15.本题考查名词。后面谈打电话肯定是电话号码。

16.本题考查名词。下文谈做饭，这肯定是需要厨师，help帮手(可能帮助干其他的事)，teacher教师，secretary秘书不合题意。

17.本题考查副词。后面有in my life，又有完成式的分词结构用never合适。

18.本题考查动词得到工作当然要感谢。

19.本题考查形容词。急于得到一份工作，当然要去最近的电话亭。

20.本题考查动词要当厨师肯定要读烹饪方面的书，花几个小时买／借／写，不合题意。