My newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. I’d be a subway guard. I could see myself as being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis. Therefore, obviously I’d be more than qualified for it. But I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges—those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.

The next day I sat down with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after about half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test. This time there were only about fifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk. Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a longer or shorter time. It was obvious that the long interviews were the more successful ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half.

I can remember the questions now: “Why did you leave your last job?” “Why did you leave your job before that?” “And the one before that?” I can’t recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, revealed (揭示) a lack of sensitivity which might explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position.”

Failing to get that job was my low point. I thought that the work was easy. Actually, such jobs — being a postman is another one I still desire — demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that a poet is least qualified to have. But I was still far short of full self-understanding and I was also short of cash.

1. The writer applied for the job chiefly because _________.

A．he wanted to work in the centre of London

B．he could no longer afford to live without a job

C．he was not interested in any other available job

D．he had received some suitable training

2. The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _________.

A．he often traveled underground               B．he had written many poems

C．he could deal with difficult situations    D．he had worked in a company once

3．The length of his interview meant that _________.

A．he was not going to be offered the job

B．he had not done well in the intelligence test

C．he did not like the interviewer at all

D．he had little work experience to talk about

4．What’s the writer’s opinion of the psychologist according to the underlined sentence?

A. He was very unsympathetic..    B. He was unhappy with his job.

C. He was quite inefficient.      D. He was rather aggressive

5．What did the writer realize after the interview according to the last paragraph?

A．How unpleasant ordinary jobs could be.          B．How difficult it was to be a poet.

C．How unsuitable he was for the job.        D．How badly he did in the interview.

第三节 摘录信息 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

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The tradition of birthday parties started a long time ago. There are some traditions that you can find almost anywhere, anytime, such as sending birthday cards, blowing out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the ‘Happy Birthday’ song. Others are only found for certain ages and in certain countries.

In China, on a child’s second birthday, family members put many things on the floor around the child. According to Chinese tradition, the first thing that the child picks up tells you what profession the child will choose later in life.

For Japanese children, the third, fifth and seventh birthdays are especially important. At this age, there is a special celebration Shichi-Go-San (seven, five, three in Japanese) when children go to the temple wearing a new kimono (和服). The priest (僧侣) gives them special sweets, and the parents usually organize a party for their friends in their home.

In Argentina, Mexico and several other Latin American countries, girls have a special birthday celebration when they reach the age of fifteen. After a special ceremony (仪式), the girls dance a waltz with their father and other boys.

Eighteen is the traditional ‘coming of age’— the age when (in many countries) you have the right to vote, join the army and (in Britain) drink alcohol or buy a house.

In many English-speaking countries, a twenty-first birthday cake often has a key on top, or the cake itself is sometimes in the shape of a key. The key means that the young person is now old enough to leave and enter the family home at any time they want to! 

Title:    61____

Only thirty per cent of ______ parents say that they know what their children like to do after _____ school.

A. /, the          B. a ,the          C. the, /              D. a, a    

 The International Day against Drugs, aimed at warning people to keep away from drugs， _________ on June 26th every year．

A.taking place                     B.takes place         C.took place                 D.taken place

 According to the recent regulation, it is required that any chemical plant that_______ along the river _______ to build a recycling center for the waste.

A. locate; has                            B. locates; have

C. is located; have                        D. is located; has

 Peter is one of those men who I am sure always do _________ best even in the most difficult situations.

A. my                          B. your                        C. his                    D. their

. When they came to the center of the forest, the visitors found themselves ____ ___ by wildlife.

A. surrounding            B. surrounded               C. to surround              D. surround

. Being able to speak another language well is a great _______ when you are looking for a job.

       A. assistant     B. importance C. advantage          D. chance

.While the Internet is creating a global village and bringing people together, we are _____ producing a society where people spend their lives in front of a screen, and become unable to communicate face—to-face.

A. in the process    B. in progress        C. in danger of      D. in my opinion

When he was questioned about the necklace, he_________that he had ever seen it.

       A．hesitated   B．refused     C．denied      D．rejected