Question

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so__21__ that he didn’t know what to do with__22__. The person who had gone in _23__ him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. __24_ James. He felt _25__ that she had already got the _26_. The problem was that he wanted this job__27__. It meant __28__to him. He had__29__it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself__30__ brilliantly at the interview and _31__ the job immediately. But now here he was feeling__32__. He couldn’t __33__ all those things he had__34__ to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and __35__. But no---- he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t__36__like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very__37__ with herself. She smiled sympathetically(同情地) at James. At that moment James__38__ her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept waiting.” James suddenly__39__that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs__40__ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrible as he felt.

21. A. healthy                     B. nervous                 C. careless                 D. confident

22. A. the managing director    B. the woman     C. himself           D. the others

23. A. by                              B. with                        C. before                    D. after

24. A. Not like                    B. So did                     C. Do as                      D. Do like

25. A. doubtful                   B. sure                        C. angry                      D. astonishing

26. A. reward                     B. first                         C. prize                       D. job

27. A. hopelessly               B. naturally                C. easily                      D. so much

28. A. everything               B. happiness             C. difficulty                D. nothing

29. A. looked for                B. learned of             C. thought about     D. talked about

30. A. explaining                B. performing           C. answering             D. writing

31. A. offered                     B. asked for               C. being asked for    D. being offered

32. A. crazy                         B. excited                   C. probable                D. terrible

33. A. depend on               B. afford                     C. believe in               D. remember

34. A. kept                          B. being taught        C. planned                 D. been supplied

35. A. leave                         B. go in                       C. prepare                 D. practice

36. A. take back                 B. put off                    C. give up                   D. put down

37. A. ugly                           B. pleased                  C. sad                          D. pretty

38. A. noticed                     B. loved                      C. missed                            D. hated

39. A. thought                    B. hoped                     C. wished                   D. regretted

40. A. shaking                    B. bending                 C. walking                  D. stopping

Answer

21. B   22. C   23. C   24. A   25. B        26. D   27. D   28. A   29. C  30. B 

31. D   32. D   33. D   34. C   35. A        36. C   37. B   38. D   39. C  40. A

【解析】略