James sat outside the office waiting for the interview（面试）. He felt so 36 that he didn’t know what to do with37 .The person who had gone in 38 him had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. 39 James. He felt 40 that she had already got the 41 . The problem was that he wanted this job 42 .It meant 43 to him. He had 44 it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself 45 brilliantly at the interview and 46 the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 47 .He couldn’t48 all those things he had 49 to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and 50 .But no—he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t 51 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 52 with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At that moment James 53 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 54 that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs 55 and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:A
题目分析：
小题1:.B 通读全文可知，在面试的等待的时候，他非常紧张。
小题2:C 从短文的情景看，显然是James自己不知如何是好。
小题3:C 后暗示题。下文有for nearly an hour和…an hour earlier。
小题4:A 该文除James外，还谈到了另外一个应聘者(a woman)的情况。James—nervous, the woman—confident,两人形成了对比，所以选A。
小题5:B由于自己紧张，女应聘者自信，再加上女应聘者“had been in there for nearly an hour”,所以该空用sure符合短文大意。
小题6:D 上下文串联。他是来参加面试希望得到那份工作，而这位女应聘者似乎已经得到了。
小题7:D 后暗示题，下文中的“…such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself…”说明James对应聘这份工作很重视，极想得到这份工作，所以选 so much。
小题8:A 因为“极想得到这份工作”，所以“It meant everything to him”. happiness较everything过于具体、片面。
小题9:C 后暗示题。从下句中“He had imagined himself…”可看出他是在想，而非做梦。
小题10:B explaining, answering, writing都是表示单项的、具体的动作。performing可以表示应聘面试时总的表现情况，填在空缺处更符合文意。
小题11:C imagine的搭配(动名词)，想象“被给工作”时的情景。
小题12:D “But”表示语义上的转折，说明现在的感觉与前一天的想象截然不同，所以feeling后应填一个表示“糟糕”的词。
小题13:D情急之下，James记不住事先计划好的台词。
小题14:C 动词辨析。A拥有B教C计划D供应；James记不住事先计划好的台词。
小题15:A 前后暗示题。他几乎要站起来离开，而不是进去。
小题16:C 三个短语take back(收回)、put off(推迟)、put down( * * 、写下来)都常做及物动词, give up(放弃)既可做及物动词，也可做不及物动词，填在这里，既符合语意，又符合句子结构。
小题17:B语意题。她对自己的表现很满意。
小题18:D看到她得意的表情，James更相信她抢了自己的工作，所以恨她
小题19:C “that he had gone home after all”是虚拟语气形式，表达与事实相反的愿望，四个选项中只有 wish才有这种用法。
小题20:A 由于紧张，双腿颤抖，额头冒汗。要填的为独立主格结构中的现在分词shaking。
点评：这篇短文主要描写James在办公室外面等候应聘面试时的心理活动，通篇以James的紧张、忧虑为主线。本文设空合理，考查全面，对于心理描写十分到位，要根据上下文的语义串联全文。着重词义的辨析，要求根据上下文的语境来判断使用词汇。