阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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   1in search of it. I was very excited and   2as if I were going on the stage (舞台). I found the   3easily and ran breathlessly through a door into a(n)   4.

The woman in the office looked carefully at me   5through  her  glasses,  and  then   6me in a low voice. I answered softly. All  of  a  sudden  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   9to get a job without   10. I wondered whether I ought to leave   11the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her   12: “As a matter of fact, I’ve got someone in the office at this   13moment who might   14.” She wrote down a   15, and held it out to me,  saying: “Ring  up  this  lady.  She  wants  a   16immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

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

I spent the next few hours   20cook books.

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

2.A. proud          B. pleased          C. nervous          D. worried

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

4.A. office         B. room             C. hall             D. house

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. interesting          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. whisper       B. say              C. shout                D. cry

13.A. late          B. early                C. very             D. important

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

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

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

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

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

19.A. outside       B. local                C. farthest         D. nearest

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

Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gosintosthe

collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the

zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is __1__ I became an animal

collector in the first __2__ .The answer is that I have always been interested

in animals and zoos.According to my parents, the first word I was able to say

with any __3__ was not the conventional“mamma”or“daddy”，__4__ the word“zoo”，

which I would __5__ over and over again with a shrill __6__ until someone,

insgroupsto __7__ me up, would take me to the zoo.When I __8__ a little older,

we lived in Greece and I had a great __9__ of pets, ranging from owls to

seahorses, and I spent all my spare time __10__ the countryside in search of

fresh specimens to __11__ to my collection of pets.__12__ on I went for a year

to the City Zoo, as a student __13__ , to get experience of the large animals,

such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,__14__ were not easy to keep at

home.When I left, I __15__ had enough money of my own to be able to __16__ my

first trip and I have been going __17__ ever since then.Though a collector's job

is not an easy one and is full of __18__ ,it is certainly a job which will

appeal __19__ all those who love animals and __20__ .

1.A.how B.where C.when D.whether

2.A.region B.field C.place D.case

3.A.clarity B.emotion C.sentiment D.affection

4.A.except B.but C.except for D.but for

5.A.recite B.recognize C.read D.repeat

6.A.volume B.noise C.voice D.pitch

7.A.close B.shut C.stop D.comfort

8.A.grew B.was growing C.grow D.grown

9.A.many B.amount C.number D.supply

10.A.living B.cultivating C.reclaiming D.exploring

11.A.increase B.include C.add D.enrich

12.A.later B.further C.then D.subsequently

13.A.attendant B.keeper C.member D.aide

14.A.who B.they C.of which D.which

15.A.luckily B.gladly C.nearly D.successfully

16.A.pay B.provide C.allow D.finance

17.A.normally B.regularly C.usually D.often

18.A.expectations B.sorrows C.excitement D.disappointments

19.A.for B.with C.to D.from

20.A.excursion B.travel C.journey D.Trip