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.