Since my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job, I decided I 1 look for one all by myself and 2 them about it till I'd get one. I had seen an agency advertised 3 a local paper, so 4 there was no one about to say “ Where are you going? ”, I rushed out of the house 5 it. I was widely 6 and was nervous as if I 7 on the stage. Finding the place quite easily, I tore up three flights of stairs, and swung breathlessly 8 a door which said “ Enter without knocking, if you 9 . ”
The simple atmosphere of the office 10 me, and I sat carefully down on the edge of a chair. The woman at the desk 11 looked at me for a while through her 12 , and I was about to move my feet 13 I realized that she was questioning me in a low voice. I answered softly and I started to feel 14 helpless.
She made 15 to me in a way that she wondered 16 I was looking for this sort of joB．I felt even more helpless when she told me that it 17 difficult to get a job without 18 or reference. Then I heard her say, “ 19 , I've got someone in the office at 20 moment who might suit. ”
1．A．would B．ought C．wanted D．liked
2．A．told B．not tell C．not told D．not to tell
3．A．on B．at C．for D．in
4．A．as soon as B．as to C．far D．as
5．A．search for B．in search of C．finding D．looked for
6．A．excited B．worried C．exciting D．worrying
7．A．was going B．were coming C．was coming D．were going
8．A．through B．by C．in D．to
9．A．pleased B．pleasant C．please D．pleasure
10.A．calmed B．excited C．moved D．frightened
11.A．opposite B．against C．back D．face
12.A．glass B．glasses C．eyes D．eye
13.A．while B．before C．after D．when
14.A．rather B．fairly C．too D．little
15.A．it B．that C．know D．it known
16.A．how B．why C．whether D．where
17.A．were B．should be C．would be D．was
18.A．experience B．experiment C．time D．money
19.A．In a fact B．As a matter of fact C．As to fact D．As a matter
20.A．a very B．very a C．very the D．this very
1-5 ABDAB 6-10 ADACA 11-15 ABDAD 16-20 BCABD
1．A 根据上句 were not going to be 可判断下句为过去将来时。故选 would 。
2．B and 连接两个并列谓语，把助动词提前，故根据语意应是 not tell 。
3．D 在报纸上应为 in 。
4．A 时间状语从句，意思是没有一个人来得及问我，我就冲出去了。
5．B 介词短语 in search of 在这里作目的状语。
6．A 根据上下文的语义语境，本句是作者描写当时自己的心情，又兴奋又紧张。
7．D as if 后面接的虚拟语气。而动作将要发生，所以应是 were going 相当于 would go
8．A 这里所要表达的意思是“穿过门”。 through 有穿门而过之意。
9．C 此句所要表达的意思是 : “如果你愿意……” 因此是条件状语从句，而条件状语从句用一般现在时代替一般将来时．故选 C 。
10．A 本句意思是：办公室的简朴的气候使我镇静下来。 calm 此处是动词意为使我平静下来．故排除了 B ， C ， D 三个答案。
11．A 工作面试，当然是面对面坐着。opposite 对面之意。
12．B 本句意思是：透过眼镜看…… ．
13．D 从语境及本句所要表达的意思可知．且… was about to do … when …是一固定结构。意思是 : 刚要干……这时……
14．A 前句回答问题有气无力，作者从内心感到自己相当无助。 rather 修饰贬义形容词强调程度。
15．D 固定结构 make sth. known 意为把某事向某人公布。
16．B 从上下句语境中可知，人家在问“为什么我想得到这种工作。”
17．C 间接引语，得到这项工作将是很困难的。
18．A 意思是说 : 没有经验很难得到这项工作。
19．B as a matter of fact 相当于 in fact 。
20．D At this very moment ，就在此时。