Question

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one job 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   1_  in search of it. I was wildly excited, and   2_  as if I were going on the stage. Finding the   3_  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

 The simple atmosphere of the office   4_  me. The woman looked carefully at me 5  through her glasses, and then   6_  me in a low voice. I answered softly. Suddenly I started to feel rather 7_  . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of   8_ . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   9   to get a job without   10_ . I wondered whether I ought to leave,   11_  the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

 “As a matter of fact, I’ve got someone in the   12_  at this very moment who might   13_ .” She wrote down a  14_ . and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants a   15  immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

 “Oh yes,” said I——  16_  having cooked for more than four in my life. I   17_  her again and again, and rushed out to the   18_  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said   19  that I was just what she was looking for.

 I spent the next few hours   20_  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. family                   B. house                 C. office                 D. restaurant

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. A. curiously               B. confidently          C. happily              D. surprising

20. A. borrowing                B. buying               C. reading                D. lending

Answer 1

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