Ⅱ 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so ___21___ that he didn’t know what to do with (the) ___22___. The person who had gone in before him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in, not like James. He felt ___23___ that she had already got the job. The problem was that he wanted this job ___24___. It meant ___25___ to him. He had thought it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself ___26___ brilliantly (出色地) at the interview and ___27___ the job immediately.

But now here he was feeling terrible. He couldn’t remember all those things he had planned to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and ___28___. But he couldn’t. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t give up like that. His hands were hot 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 ___29___ with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At the moment, James hated 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 wished that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs ___30___ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. A. leave          B. go in           C. prepare         D. practice

29. A. ugly           B. pleased         C. sad            D. pretty

30. A. shaking        B. bending         C. walking        D. Stopped