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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