Question

　　Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very ?　36　?.She got up very early and arrived at the ?　37　? at twenty to eight. She ?　38　? the door open and found nobody there. “I am the ?　39　? to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was ?surprised to ?　40　? a large bunch of flowers on it. They were fresh.She ?　41　? the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh,how lovely!” Nancy ?　42　? joyfully. She then looked round for a ?　43　? to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the ?　44　? first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.?

The day passed very ?　45　? and Nancy did everything with great interest and ?　46　?.For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she ?　47　? herself in her work.?

Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a(an) ?　48　? bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones.?

The same thing happened again the next Monday, Nancy felt it ?　49　? and this time she began to think of ways to find out the ?　50　?.?

On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to ?　51　? a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk waiting for his ?　52　?.She happened to see on the desk a big note book ?　53　?“Records of managers' meetings”, and glanced at the ?　54　? pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words:“In order to keep the secretaries ?　55　?,the company has decided that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk.”?

Later, she was told that their general manager was a business management psychologist.?

36. A. depressed     B. encouraged C. excited       D. surprised?

37. A. office   B. workshop   C. Classroom  D. bookshop?

38. A. forced  B. pushed       C. Turned       D. knocked?

39. A. last      B. second              C. Third  D. first?

40. A. uncover              B. smell  C. Find   D. pick?

41. A. picked up    B. threw away        C. stared at     D. took up?

42. A. cried    B. Laughed     C. wept   D. replied?

43. A. jar       B. Box    C. bottle  D. vase?

44. A. happy   B. very    C. funny  D. quite?

45. A. slowly  B. normally    C. quickly      D. hardly?

46. A. wisdom       B. bravery      C. passion       D. enthusiasm?

47. A. buried  B. dressed       C. Devoted     D. seated?

48. A. old              B. Red    C. blue    D. new?

49. A. special  B. angry  C. strange       D. difficult?

50. A. sender  B. receiver      C. manager     D. waiter?

51. A. send for              B. hand out     C. try out       D. hand in?

52.A. orders   B. directives   C. gifts    D. receipts?

53. A. marked B. written       C. printed              D. signed?

54. A. closed  B. damaged    C. pinned              D. half-opened?

55. A. at home       B. on time      C. in high spirits    D. in low spirits??

Answer 1

36-40 CABDCA  41-45 AADBC 46-50 DADCA 51-55 DBADC

解析:

36.C　第一天上班肯定会非常“兴奋”。?

37.A　秘书应当在办公室上班。?

38.B　门是被推开的。turn, knock后面不接形容词作宾语补足语。?

39.D　前面说办公室还没有人，所以她是第一个到办公室的。?

40.C　她发现桌子上有一束鲜花。?

41.A　后面有暗示。她要闻鲜花，首先要把鲜花拿起来。?

42.A　根据“Oh, how lovely!”可知，她快乐地“喊道”。?

43.D　后文中“She quickly put them in the vase”一句有提示。?

44.B　very在此用作形容词，起强调作用，是“恰恰是，正好”之意。?

45.C　因为心情好，所以这一天过得很快。?

46.D　她工作（做所有的事情）兴趣大，积极?性高?。?

47.A　bury oneself in one's work为固定搭配，意为“埋头工作”。?

48.D　后面的replacing old ones表明这束花是新（鲜）的。?

49.C　Nancy发现这种事情很奇怪。?

50.A　她决定想办法查出这个送花人。?

51.D　她被派到总经理办公室递交一份计划。hand in“递交”之意。?

52.B　directives作名词用，是“指示，指令”之意。?

53.A　marked是“标有……字样”之意。?

54.D　后面讲她看到了“总经理会议记录”中的一些内容，故这个记录本应是半开着的。?

55.C　公司给每一位秘书送花，是为了使他们保持高昂的工作热情。