Question

Nancy had got a secretary’s job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very   36  . She got up very early and arrived at the   37   at twenty to eight. She   38   the door open and found nobody there. “I am the   39   to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was surprised to   40   a large bunch of flowers on it. They were fresh. She   41   the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy      42   joyfully. She then looked round for a   43   to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the   44   first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.

The day passed very   45   and Nancy did everything with great interest and   46  . For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she   47   herself in her work.

Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a(n) 48  bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones.

The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it   49   and this time she began to think of ways to find out the   50  . On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to   51   a plan to the general manager’s office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary’s desk waiting for his   52  . She happened to see on the desk a big note book   53  “Records of manager’s meetings”, and glanced at the   54   pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words: “In order to keep the secretaries  55  , the company has decided that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary’s desk.”

Later, she was told that their manager was a business management psychologist.

 

36. A. depressed	B. encouraged	C. excited	D. surprised
37. A. office	B. workshop	C. classroom	D. bookshop
38. A. forced	B. pushed	C. turned	D. knocked
39. A. last	B. second	C. third	D. first
40. A. uncover	B. smell	C. find	D. pick
41. A. packed up	B. threw away	C. stared at	D. took up
42. A. cried	B. laughed	C. wept	D. replied
43. A. jar	B. box	C. bottle	D. vase
44. A. happy	B. very	C. funny	D. quite
45. A. slowly	B. normally	C. quickly	D. hardly
46. A. wisdom	B. bravery	C. sadness	D. enthusiasm
47. A. buried	B. dressed	C. devoted	D. seated
48. A. old	B. red	C. blue	D. new
49. A. special	B. angry	C. strange	D. difficult
50. A. sender	B. receiver	C. manager	D. waiter
51. A. send for	B. hand out	C. try out	D. hand in
52. A. orders	B. instructions	C. gifts	D. receipts
53. A. marked	B. written	C. printed	D. signed
54. A. closed	B. damaged	C. pinned	D. half-opened
55. A. at home	B. on time	C. in high spirites	D. in low spirits

Answer 1

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