Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.
I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the
1 in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as
2 as if I were going on the stage. Finding the
3 quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”
The simple atmosphere of the office
4 me. The woman looked carefully at me
5 through her glasses, and then
6 me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather
7 . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of
8 . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be
9 to get a job without
10 . I wondered whether I ought to leave,
11 the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say: “
12 , I’ve got someone in the
13 at this very moment who might
14 .” She wrote down a
15 , and held it out to me, saying: “ Ring up this lady. She wants a
16 immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”
“ Oh yes,” said I —
17 having cooked for more than four in my life. I
18 her again and again, and rushed out to the
19 telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for. I spent the next few hours
20 cook books.
小题1:A. bed B house C. agency D. office
小题2: | A.proud | B.pleased | C.nervous | D.worried |
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小题3: | A.family | B.door | C.place | D.stage |
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小题4: | A.calmed | B.excited | C.frightened | D.disturbed |
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小题5: | A.as usual | B.for a while | C.in a minute | D.once again |
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小题6: | A.advised | B.examined | C.informed | D.questioned |
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小题7: | A.encouraged | B.dissatisfied | C.hopeless | D.pleased |
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小题8: | A.place | B.job | C.advice | D.help |
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小题9: | A.difficult | B.helpless | C.possible | D.unusual |
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小题10: | A.ability | B.experience | C.knowledge | D.study |
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小题11: | A.after | B.since | C.until | D.when |
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小题12: | A.Above all | B.As a matter of fact | C.As a result | D.In spite of that |
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小题13: | A.family | B.house | C.office | D.restaurant |
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小题14: | A.hire | B.accept | C.suit | D.offer |
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小题15: | A.letter | B.name | C.note | D.number |
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小题16: | A.cook | B.help | C.teacher | D.secretary |
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小题17: | A.almost | B.never | C.nearly | D.really |
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小题18: | A.answered | B.promised | C.thanked | D.told |
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小题19: | A.outside | B.local | C.closest | D.nearest |
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小题20: | A.borrowing | B.buying | C.reading | D.writing |
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