第二節(jié)：完形填空 (共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿(mǎn)分30分)

??? 閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將其涂黑。

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 (中介機(jī)構(gòu)) advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the __36_ in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as? _37_ as if I were going on the stage. Finding the? 38? quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

The simple atmosphere of the office? 39? me. The woman looked carefully at me __40_ through her glasses, and then? 41? me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather? 42??? She wondered why I was looking for this sort of? 43?? I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be? 44? to get a job without? 45?? I wondered whether I ought to leave,?? 46? the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

“? 47? , I’ve got someone in the? 48? at this very moment who might? 49? .” She wrote down a __50? , and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants a? 51? immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

“Oh yes,” said I —? 52? having cooked for more than four in my life. I? 53? her again and again, and rushed out to the? 54? 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? 55? cook books.

36. A. bed???????????? B house???????????????? C. agency????????????? D. office

37. A. proud????????? B. please??????????????? C. nervous???????????? D. worried

38. A. family????????? B. door????????????????? C. place???????????????? D. stage

39. A. calmed??????? B. excited????????????? C. frightened????????? D. disturbed

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

41. A. advised??????? B. examined?????????? C. informed?????????? D. questioned

42. A. encouraged? B. dissatisfied???????? C. hopeless??????????? D. pleased

43. A. place?????????? B. job??????????????????? C. advice?????????????? D. help

44. A. difficult?????? B. helpless???????????? C. possible???????????? D. unusual

45. A. ability????????? B. experience???????? C. knowledge???????? D. study

46. A. after??????????? B. since???????????????? C. until???????????????????????? D. when

47. A. Above all???????????????????????????????? B. As a matter of fact???

C.As a result????????????????????????????????????? D. In spite of that

48. A. family????????? B. house??????????????? C. office?????????????????????? D. restaurant

49. A. hire???????????? B. accept?????????????? C. suit????????????????????????? D. offer

50. A. letter?????????? B. name???????????????? C. note???????????????????????? D. number

51. A. cook?????????? B. help????????????????? C. teacher???????????????????? D. secretary

52. A. almost???????? B. never??????????????? C. nearly????????????????????? D. really

53. A. answered???? B. promised?????????? C. thanked???????????? D. told

54. A. outside??????? B. local????????????????? C. closest???????????????????? D. nearest

55. A. borrowing??? B. buying?????????????? C. reading???????????????????? D. writing

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