题目内容
After graduation from university, I had been unable to secure a permanent job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York, 1.______I might have a better chance to find a good job. 2. ______ (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started work in a local café as a waiter. I believe that 3._________ I was offered a good position, I would resign at once.
Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already4.______ (exhaust) shoulder. On the other hand, my search5. a respectable job had not met with much 6. (succeed). As I had studied literature at university, I found
7. quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that if I want to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps 8.______my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.
Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty 9._____ (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job to my delight. After nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned 10.______I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me.
1.where
2.To earn
3.as soon as/as long as
4.exhausted
5.For
6.success
7.it
8.What
9.adapting
10.did
【解析】
试题分析：题目考查学生对上下文的联系，还考查了学生对非限制性定语从句、非谓语动词、条件状语从句、介词、名词、固定搭配、倒装句等知识的掌握情况。
1.考查非限制性定语从句。从句中结构完整，且先行词为New York，故填where。
2.考查非谓语动词的用法。由空后的I started work in a local café as a waiter可知，作者是为了赚钱。
故填To earn。
3.考查条件状语从句，由空前的I believe that及空后的at once.可知，前后为因果关系，此句为肯定的语气，故填as soon as/as long as。
4.考查动词变为形容词。空后为名词，所以用形容词修饰名词。故填exhausted。
5.考查介词。search for job为固定搭配，找工作。故填for。
6.考查名词。had not met with much success为固定搭配，屡遭失败。故填success。
7.考查it的用法，这里用it作形式宾语，不定式后面secure a suitable job in big companies的内容作真正的宾语。故填it。
8.考查主语从句。主语从句中缺少宾语，故填What。
9.考查固定搭配。have difficult (in )doing sth.做某事有困难，为固定搭配。故填adapting。
10.考查倒装句。含有否定意义的副词、连词或者否定含义的短语放在句首时，用倒装。故填did。
考点：非限制性定语从句、非谓语动词、条件状语从句、介词、名词、固定搭配、倒装句
