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  1  in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as  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. 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   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: “  12 , I’ve got someone in the  13  at this very moment who might  14 .” She wrote down a  15 , and held it out to me, saying: “ Ring up this lady. She wants a   16  immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

“ Oh yes,” said I —  17  having cooked for more than four in my life. I  18  her again and again, and rushed out to the   19  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   20  cook 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．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．Above all       B．As a matter of fact     C．As a result D．In spite of that

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

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．closest    D．nearest

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

句型转换（每空1分，满分15分）

1.The new medicine proved beneficial to the patient's skin problems.

----The new medicine proved to _____ _____ _____to the patient's skin problems.

2.I have neither brothers nor sisters.That is to say, I'm an only child.

--- I have neither brothers nor sisters—_____ _____ _____, I'm an only child

3.As a matter of fact, my boss is three years younger than me.

--As a matter of fact, my boss is three years _____ _____ me.

4.All we could see in front of us was 200 km of nothing but sand.

-- All we could see _____ _____ us was 200 km of nothing but sand.

5.Li Ming has his faults, but, on the whole, he is a good helper

--Li Ming has his faults, but, _____ _____ _____, he is a good helper.

6.It is difficult to imagine that he accepted the decision without any hesitation.

---It is hard to imagine _____ _____ the decision without any hesitation.

单词填空
【小题1】Students can       (获得) valuable experience by working with the local villagers.
【小题2】The ability to keep calm is one of her many       (长处).
【小题3】 Let’s        (使结合) my scientific knowledge and your business skills and start a company.
【小题4】 We climbed higher so that we could see the         (景色) better.
【小题5】 The police are still       (寻找) the men involved in last week’s robbery.
【小题6】 Mark Twain is best known for his       set in his boyhood world on the river, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
【小题7】Good morning ,sir . Would you please come in ? P        me to lead the way ,sir.
【小题8】 I’m hoping to find work .As a matter of fact, I landed in Britain by a        .
【小题9】 We’re so very glad that you even entered our little eating place. I        , sir ,I hope you’ll come here whenever you like.
【小题10】 It is well known that Americans like to eat a lot. Well, we’ll have to take a c      . Go ahead and let him have it.

—Do you know Anna’s telephone number ?

—________. As a matter of fact, I don’t know any Anna, either.

A．I think so.         B．I hope so.          C．I’m afraid not.     D．I’d rather not.

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。

    The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t   31   the change in him. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even seem like the same person.

    When I first knew Bill, back in   32  , he was one of the most carefree people I had ever met. He was always ready to have a party. He thought   33   of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning   34   driving 50 miles to see an old movie he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and   35   was never dull when he was   36  . With him there was one wild   37   after another. Sometimes I wonder how we   38   to study for our exams.

    Last week I was in Houston on business, and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel.   39  , I wasn’t even sure it was   40  . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really   41   until I came near him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He   42   most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had   43  ! Back when we were in college, the   44   thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main   45  . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never imagined Bill changing so much. My image of him   46   the one I had formed at the time when we were college students together.

    I suppose it’s   47   to expect people to remain the same, especially   48   I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I   49   the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he   50   the same way about me.

A. describe    B. see  C. believe  D. understand

A. childhood   B. the army C. middle school    D. college

A. nothing B. much C. most D. none

A. or  B. but  C. while    D. so

A. exercise    B. life C. work D. exam

A. in  B. out  C. away D. around

A. adventure   B. mistake  C. chance   D. joke

A. determined  B. struggled    C. managed  D. hoped

A. First of all    B. At first C. Now and then D. All the time

A. that    B. us   C. there    D. he

A. sorry   B. surprised    C. sure D. confident

A. thought B. talked   C. worried  D. knew

A. lied    B. worked   C. tried    D. changed

A. first   B. last C. next D. only

A. interest    B. career   C. subject  D. problem

A. remained    B. accepted C. replaced D. compared

A. wise    B. foolish  C. normal   D. equal

A. because B. what C. how  D. when

A. remembered  B. respected    C. knew D. liked

A. felt    B. shared   C. behaved  D. considered