Question

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项.

　　James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so 1 that he didn't know what to do with 2 . The person who had gone in 3 him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident(自信的)when she went in. 4 James. He felt 5 that she had already got the 6 . The problem was that he wanted this job 7 . It meant 8 to him. He had 9 it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself 10 brilliantly (出色的) at the interview and 11 the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 12 . He couldn't 13 all those things he had 14 to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and 15 . But no-he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn't 16 like that. His hands were not and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very 17 with herself. She smiled sympathetically(同情地)at James. At the moment, James 18 her. The managing director then appeared at the office door.“Would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.”James suddenly 19 that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs 20 and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.

(1)

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A．healthy	B．nervous
C．careless	D．confident

(2)

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A．the interviewer	B．the woman
C．himself	D．the situation

(3)

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A．by

B．with

C．before

D．after

(4)

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A．Not like	B．so did
C．Do as	D．Do like

(5)

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A．doubtful	B．sure
C．angry	D．astonished

(6)

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A．reward

B．first

C．prize

D．job

(7)

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A．hopelessly	B．naturally
C．easily	D．so much

(8)

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A．everything	B．happiness
C．difficulty	D．nothing

(9)

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A．dreamed of	B．learned of
C．thought about	D．talked about

(10)

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A．explaining	B．performing
C．answering	D．writing

(11)

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A．offered	B．asked for
C．being offered	D．being asked for

(12)

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A．mad

B．excited

C．certain

D．terrible

(13)

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A．depend on	B．afford
C．believe in	D．remember

(14)

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A．kept	B．been taught
C．planned	D．been supplied

(15)

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A．leave

B．go in

C．prepare

D．practice

(16)

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A．take back	B．put off
C．give up	D．put down

(17)

[　　]

A．ugly

B．pleased

C．sad

D．pretty

(18)

[　　]

A．noticed

B．loved

C．missed

D．hated

(19)

[　　]

A．thought

B．hoped

C．wished

D．regretted

(20)

[　　]

A．shaking

B．bending

C．some

D．any

Answer 1

答案：B;C;C;A;B;D;D;A;C;B;C;C;D;C;A;C;B;D;C;A
解析：

(1) B 由后面的不知所措，可见其“紧张”. (2) C 是他“自己”不知所措. (3) C 因为那个女士已面试了近一个小时，可见她是先进去接受面试的. (4) A 表示比较，别人充满自信而“不像”他. (5) B 从他后面担心得不到工作来分析，他是“确信”那位女士面试出色的. (6) D 面试所竞争的就是“工作”，而且下一句又再现了job这一词. (7) D 从他后面对这份工作的憧憬来看，他“十分”希望得到这份工作. (8) A 前面说了他非常想得到这份工作，而且为面试进行了精心准备，可见这一工作对他来说意味着“一切”. (9) C dream of指“梦想”，一般指超出现实或是比较遥远的事情，think about表示“考虑”，比较恰当，而且与下文的imagined, considering相呼应. (10) B 其他三人选项不能涵盖面试的方方面面. (11) C 想像中面试出色，所以当场得到了那份工作. (12) D 与前面想像中的美好形成强烈对比. (13) D 紧张导致思维混乱，所以不能“想起”准备好的话. (14) C 希望回忆出来的话语，肯定是事先准备好的. (15) A 根据行文逻辑选定. (16) C 等同于前面提到的get up and leave. (17) B 由后面的行为来看，她对自己的面试表现是满意的. (18) D 夺取了那份工作，又表现出洋洋得意的样子，叫James怎么不“恨”她. (19) C 由had gone这一虚拟语气形式和“两腿发抖、额头冒汗”这一信息不难推知答案. (20) A 紧张得两腿“发抖”，这是正常现象.