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
