34. A. calmed                B.  discouraged      C. frightened             D. confused

33. A. family                 B. door               C. place                 D. shop

32. A. proud                 B. surprised           C. nervous                  D. sad

31. A. bed                     B. house                 C. school                D. office

30. ― You couldn’t have chosen any gift better for me.

―     _________________.

A.      You’ve had a gift already, haven’t you?

B.       I’m glad that you like it so much.

C.      Oh, I’d choose a better one for you next time.

D.      Sorry, but don’t blame me, dear.

   通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在31-50各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

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  31  in search of it. I was extremely excited and  32  as if I were going on the stage. Finding the  33  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

     The simple atmosphere of the office   34   me. The woman looked carefully at me  35  through her glasses, and then  36  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather  37  .  She wondered why I was looking for this sort of  38 . I felt even more hopeless when she told me that it would be  39  to get a job without  40 . I was wondering whether I ought to leave  41   the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say, “ 42 ,  I’ve got someone in the  43  at this very moment who might suit .” She wrote down a  44 , and held it out to me, saying, “Ring up this lady. She wants a  45  immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

   “Oh yes!” And then I said to myself, “ 46  have I cooked for more than four in my life!” I  47  her again and again, and rushed out to the  48  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and then rang the number she gave me. I said  49  that I was just the cook she was looking for.

     All things are difficult before they are easy, so I spent the next few hours  50  cook books.

29. Never in my life _________________ such a funny person.

   A. I have met      B. have I met       C. I will meet      D. I had met

28. In the Asian Games, Liu Xiang ____________ against other competitors and won the gold medal.

   A. stood up        B. stood for        C. stood out       D. stood by

27. I wish I ________ young as you are now.

   A. were           B. is                   C. am             D. be

26. ______ the fact that I don’t like my job, I must work hard.

   A. In spite             B. Instead                 C. In case          D. Despite

25. My favorite article is________ I wrote about the efforts to bring stolen cultural relics back to China．

   A．that             B．one                 C．the one     D．what