9.　　　 A. filled　 B. kept　 C. broke　 D. took

8.　　　 A. mind　 B. understand　 C. start　 D. excuse

7.　　　 A. hello　 B. please　 C. sorry　 D. OK

6.　　　 A. age B. name　 C. family　 D. address

5.　　　 A. car　 B. building　 C. office　 D. home

4.　　　 A. wanted　 B. tried　 C. had　 D. began

3.　　　 A. certainly　 B. again　 C. almost　 D. never

2.　　　 A. work　 B. talk　 C. wait　 D. sleep

1.　　　 A. returned　 B. left　 C. closed　 D. reached

15.　 A. minutes　 B. hours　 C. days　 D. weeks

D.

Jane was a few minutes late. Smith had ___1___the office when she got there. His secretary(秘书)told her he would be back in a few minutes. She had to sit down and ____2__ outside the office.

“I’ll ____3___ get this job.” She told herself. For a moment she ___4___ to run out of the building. Just then, Smith came through the door and hurried into his ___5____.

A few seconds later his secretary took Jane in and told Smith her ___6___. Jane said ____7__ to him for being late. Smith did not seem to _____8____. They then had a short talk and got down to business. He ____9___ out her application(申请) letter for the job and ___10___ it.

“You’ve never worked in radio or television before, have you?” he said. Jane answered that she was ____11___ she hadn’t. Now she was even more sure that she would not ___12___ the job. ___13____ Smith asked her a few questions.

To her surprise he seemed ___14__- with her. She was even more ___15___ when he asked her if she could start soon. It seemed that she had got the job after all.