Question

At one time I was unemployed and money was running short. I needed a job   36    but it seemed as if no one was hiring.

A very good friend of mine   37    me one day with an offer. "I'm going to have to let this job go and I was wondering if you would like to take it   38   ?"

 "That would be great," I replied.

I went to speak with the   39    and he said he could use me, but never gave me a start date. Really needing the job, I made it a point to go and   40    with him every day. Finally he said, "You can start Monday morning."

I showed up for   41    extra early, ready to do my best. When I went inside I was   42   that I would be buffing(抛光) the floors. My friend was there to show me how to   43   the buffer.

"It's easy," he said, running the machine very   44   . He handed it over to me and said, "Here, you give it a try." I grabbed the handles with a "no problem"   45   . To my surprise, the buffer was rather   46   to operate.

Several times, I tried to run it again and   47   . I really had to fight that thing to make it go. "What am I going to do?" I   48    to myself. "I finally found a job and I can't do it. Am I going to have to tell them I have to quit?"

After several rough   49   of buffing, I finally made up my mind that I was going to do this. For about a week, I   50    with the buffer, putting all my weight and   51    into it. Eventually, I learned the   52    was not to struggle with it at all, just go   53    the flow of it, and by the second week, I was   54    and running it with one hand.

A few months later, I thought back and wondered what   55    have happened if I had given up that first week. I certainly would not have had the newfound confidence or a paycheck.

36.   A. quickly                     B. badly                        C. lightly                      D. comfortably

37.   A. approached               B. encouraged               C. instructed                 D. persuaded

38.   A. away                       B. in                             C. over                         D. up

39.   A. friend                       B. manager                   C. employee                  D. conductor

40.   A. catch up                   B. put up                      C. check out                 D. check in

41.   A. interview                  B. breakfast                  C. work                       D. practice

42.   A. commanded              B. warned                     C. informed                  D. recommended

43.   A. repair                       B. operate                     C. tend                         D. treat

44.   A. slowly                      B. gently                       C. thoroughly              D. smoothly

45.   A. attitude                     B. response                   C. phrase                      D. opinion

46.   A. hard                         B. light                         C. convenient                D. heavy

47.   A. failed                       B. wounded                  C. succeeded                D. won

48.   A. turned                      B. came                        C. referred                    D. thought

49.   A. weeks                      B. months                     C. days                        D. years

50.   A. met                          B. struggled                  C. combined                 D. lived

51.   A. courage                    B. spirit                        C. body                        D. strength

52.   A. trick                        B. technology                C. method                    D. message

53.   A. among                            B. against                            C. under                       D. with

54.   A. hanging about           B. showing off                     C. calming down           D. pulling through

55.   A. must                        B. should                      C. would                      D. can

Answer 1

36—40 BACBD              41—45 CCBDA              46—50 AADCB              51—55 DADBC