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 __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.

36. A. bed      B house   C. agency       D. office

37. A. proud   B. please C. nervous      D. worried

38. A. family  B. door   C. place   D. stage

39. A. calmed B. excited       C. frightened  D. disturbed

40. A. as usual       B. for a while C. in a minute D. once again

41. A. advised B. examined   C. informed    D. questioned

42. A. encouraged  B. dissatisfied C. hopeless     D. pleased

43. A. place    B. job     C. advice D. help

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

45. A. ability  B. experience  C. knowledge  D. study

46. A. after     B. since   C. until   D. when

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

48. A. family  B. house  C. office  D. restaurant

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

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

51. A. cook     B. help    C. teacher       D. secretary

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

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

54. A. outside B. local   C. closest D. nearest

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

Answer 1

36---55         BCCAB   DCBAB   DBCCD   ABCDC       

解析:

36. B。文章第一段已交代作者要找一份工作，所以作者在报上看到中介机构的广告后，就急忙冲出家门 (house) 去找这个agency。

37. C。根据后文as if I were going on the stage(好像要登台演出)，其心情当然是既“激动又紧张(nervous)”。

38. C。此处与上文in search of it (the agency) 呼应，the place就是the agency。

39. A. “Enter without knocking…”这种“simple atmosphere”使本来感到紧张的“我”也镇静下来(calmed me)。

40. B。由关键词carefully, 可知选要B。既然是carefully，就不会是in a minute(立刻、马上)。既然互不相识，作者也未曾去找过工，怎么会as usual(像往常一样呢)？前面没说已经打量过作者一次了，哪来的once again(再一次)？

41. D。由下句的answered可断定，用questioned。

42. C。由felt even more helpless可知，此处必填helpless。

43. B。作者来这里的目的就是找工作，因此，那位妇女对他为什么要找这种工作感到不解。

44. A。结合45题来看，容易选出最佳答案A来。

45. B。结合下文，特别是52和55题的两个句子，可知作者是没有经验，而不是没有能力，没有知识。

46. D。when=just at that time就在这个时候。

47. B。从电话内容看，是对方委托该中介机构找工人，所以中介机构的这个妇女告诉对方，“说真的，此时此刻就在办公室时有一个人，他可能适合做这份工作”。as a matter of a fact(=in reality; to tell you the truth其实、就真的)；above all(最重要、首先); as a result(结果); in spite of(不管)

48. C。早在第三段第一句，就已交侍这是在办公室里，现在来找工作的作者就在这个办公室里。

49. C。从下文看，这个妇女告诉他第二天可以去上班了，可见，她认为作者是适合(suit)的。

50. D。后文的“Ring up this lady. ”可知，这人妇女是写了一个电话号码(number)给作者。

51. A。由后文的you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people可知，cook是要选的最佳答案。

52. B。整篇文章来看，特别是结合45和55题所在的这两个句子，可知作者一生中未曾给4个以上的人做个饭菜，故选never。

53. C。从下文rushed out to the telephone box来看，作者迫切希望得到这份工作，而这个妇女帮他找到了，他还不会对她一再“感谢”？

54. D。从rushed out来看，他急于打电话，当然是到最近的电话亭去打。而close表示时空上的近，只能做表语，此处作定语，只好选nearest最佳了。

55. C。因为没有实践经验，自然要看书(reading)学习间接经验了。另外，如果buying对的话，borrowing不也可以吗？