Question

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 (中介機構) 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

Answer 1

36---55         BCCAB   DCBAB   DBCCD   ABCDC       

解析:

36. B。文章第一段已交代作者要找一份工作，所以作者在報上看到中介機構的廣告后，就急忙沖出家門 (house) 去找這個agency。

37. C。根據后文as if I were going on the stage(好像要登臺演出)，其心情當然是既“激動又緊張(nervous)”。

38. C。此處與上文in search of it (the agency) 呼應，the place就是the agency。

39. A. “Enter without knocking…”這種“simple atmosphere”使本來感到緊張的“我”也鎮靜下來(calmed me)。

40. B。由關鍵詞carefully, 可知選要B。既然是carefully，就不會是in a minute(立刻、馬上)。既然互不相識，作者也未曾去找過工，怎么會as usual(像往常一樣呢)？前面沒說已經打量過作者一次了，哪來的once again(再一次)？

41. D。由下句的answered可斷定，用questioned。

42. C。由felt even more helpless可知，此處必填helpless。

43. B。作者來這里的目的就是找工作，因此，那位婦女對他為什么要找這種工作感到不解。

44. A。結合45題來看，容易選出最佳答案A來。

45. B。結合下文，特別是52和55題的兩個句子，可知作者是沒有經驗，而不是沒有能力，沒有知識。

46. D。when=just at that time就在這個時候。

47. B。從電話內容看，是對方委托該中介機構找工人，所以中介機構的這個婦女告訴對方，“說真的，此時此刻就在辦公室時有一個人，他可能適合做這份工作”。as a matter of a fact(=in reality; to tell you the truth其實、就真的)；above all(最重要、首先); as a result(結果); in spite of(不管)

48. C。早在第三段第一句，就已交侍這是在辦公室里，現在來找工作的作者就在這個辦公室里。

49. C。從下文看，這個婦女告訴他第二天可以去上班了，可見，她認為作者是適合(suit)的。

50. D。后文的“Ring up this lady. ”可知，這人婦女是寫了一個電話號碼(number)給作者。

51. A。由后文的you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people可知，cook是要選的最佳答案。

52. B。整篇文章來看，特別是結合45和55題所在的這兩個句子，可知作者一生中未曾給4個以上的人做個飯菜，故選never。

53. C。從下文rushed out to the telephone box來看，作者迫切希望得到這份工作，而這個婦女幫他找到了，他還不會對她一再“感謝”？

54. D。從rushed out來看，他急于打電話，當然是到最近的電話亭去打。而close表示時空上的近，只能做表語，此處作定語，只好選nearest最佳了。

55. C。因為沒有實踐經驗，自然要看書(reading)學習間接經驗了。另外，如果buying對的話，borrowing不也可以嗎？