Question

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  61  in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as  62   as if I were going on the stage. Finding the  63   quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

    The simple atmosphere of the office   64   me. The woman looked carefully at me  65  through her glasses, and then  66   me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather   67   . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of   68   . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   69   to get a job without   70   . I wondered whether I ought to leave,   71  the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say: “  72  , I’ve got someone in the  73   at this very moment who might  74  .” She wrote down a  75  , and held it out to me, saying: “ Ring up this lady. She wants a   76   immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

    “ Oh yes,” said I —  77  having cooked for more than four in my life. I  78   her again and again, and rushed out to the   79   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   80   cook books.

1.A. bed    B house    C. agency           D. office

2.A. proud                B. pleased          C. nervous        D. worried

3.A. family        B. door              C. place     D. stage

4.A. calmed      B. excited         C. frightened             D. disturbed

5.A. as usual     B. for a while    C. in a minute            D. once again

6.A. advised     B. examined             C. informed      D. questioned

7.A. encouraged       B. dissatisfied           C. hopeless      D. pleased

8.A. place          B. job                 C. advice           D. help

9.A. difficult               B. helpless                 C. possible        D. unusual

10.A. ability       B. experience   C. knowledge            D. study

11.A. after         B. since     C. until               D. when

12.A. Above all          B. As a matter of fact         C. As a result            D. In spite of that

13.A. family       B. house   C. office           D. restaurant

14.A. hire          B. accept  C. suit               D. offer

15.A. letter        B. name    C. note             D. number

16.A. cook         B. help      C. teacher        D. secretary

17.A. almost      B. never    C. nearly          D. really

18.A. answered         B. promised       C. thanked        D. told

19.A. outside    B. local      C. closest         D. nearest

20.A. borrowing        B. buying  C. reading        D. writing

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：本文讲了作者的一次成功求职经历。虽然自己没有什么工作经验，但是好心的中介工作人员还是把一份厨师的工作给了作者。

1.考查名词和上下文串联：A. bed床，B house 房子，C. agency代理处，D. office办公室，根据I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper，故选B，house房子。

2.考查形容词和句意理解：A. proud骄傲，自豪的，B. pleased 高兴的，C. nervous紧张的，D. worried担心的，根据if I were going on the stage.可知在舞台上很紧张，故选C，nervous紧张的。

3.考查名词和句意理解：A. family家庭，B. door门C. place地方，D. stage舞台，根据I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”故选C，place地方。

4.本题考查形容词和句意理解：excited fright—ened disturbed都不合题意。 A. calmed平静，B. excited 使兴奋， C. frightened使人害怕， D. disturbed。扰乱，因为是简朴的环境使我平静下来，选A。

5.本题考查副词短语和句意理解。as USU—al in a minute once again A. as usual像往常一样； B. for a while 一会儿，C. in a minute一分钟内(后)；D. once again又一次。句意：这位妇女透过眼镜很仔细地看了我一会儿。选B。

6.本题考查动词和句意理解。A. advised建议，B. examined检查，C. informed通知D. questioned问题，后面有动词answer所以这question比较合适，对于求职者，中介机构当然要了解询问一些问题。选D。

7.本题考查动词。A. encouraged受到鼓舞的，B. dissatisfied 不满意的，C. hopeless无望的，D. pleased高兴的，因为后面有more hopeless表心理状态的变化，所以开始应为hopeless。选C。

8.本题考查名词和上下文串联。A. place地方，B. job 工作，C. advice建议，D. help帮助，前面提到I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper.到中介机构当然要找工作了。选B。

9.本题考查形容词和上下文串联。A. difficult困难的，B. helpless无助的，C. possible可能的，D. unusual不寻常的，因为前面提到I felt even more helpless when she told me感到无望肯定是有困难。选A。

10.本题考查名词和句意理解。A. ability 能力，B. experience经验，C. knowledge知识，D. study学习，因为找工作而没有工作经验就会有些难，根据句意选experience合适。选B。

11.本题考查连词和句意理解。A. after在…后面，B. since自从，C. until直到，D. when 当…时候，就在这个时候。我在想是否该离开，这时他的电话响了。选D。

12.本题考查副词短语和句意理解。A. Above all 最重要的是， B. As a matter of fact实际上 C. As a result因此，D. In spite of that尽管，根据句意，事实上，我已经找到一个办公室有可能适合的。B最合适。

13.本题考查名词。A. family家庭，B. house房子，C. office办公室，D. restaurant饭店，前面提到The simple atmosphere of the office   64   me.结合现在的情形当然是在办公室了。选C。

14.本题考查动词词义辨析和句意理解。A. hi re 雇佣，B. accept接受， C. suit适合，D. offe r提供， 句意：我已经找到一个办公室有可能适合的。选C。

15.本题考查名词和上下文串联。A. letter信，B. name名字，C. note便条，D. number数字，因为后面谈打电话肯定是电话号码。选D。

16.本题考查名词和上下文串联。A. cook厨师，B. help帮助，帮手，C. teacher老师，D. secretary秘书，因为下文谈做饭，这肯定是需要厨师，help帮手(可能帮助干其他的事)，teacher教师，secretary秘书不合题意。选A。

17.本题考查副词和上下文串联。A. almost几乎，B. never从不，C. nearly几乎，D. really真的，因为后面有in my life，又有完成式的分词结构用never合适。选B。

18.本题考查动词和上下文串联：A. answered回答，B. promised答应，C. thanked感谢，D. told告诉，因为得到工作当然要感谢。选C。

19.本题考查形容词和上下文串联。A. outside外面，B. local当地，C. closest最紧密的，D. nearest最近的，因为急于得到一份工作，当然要去最近的电话亭。选D。

20.本题考查动词和上下文串联A. borrowing借B. buying买C. reading读，D. writing写，因为要当厨师肯定要读烹饪方面的书，花几个小时买／借／写，不合题意。选C。

考点：考查故事类完型填空