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2．Since my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job，I decided I would look for one all by myself and not to tell them about it till I'd got a permanent one．
I had seen an agency advertised in a local paper，so as soon as there was no one about to say"where are you going？"I rushed out of the house in search of it．I was wildly excited，and as nervous as if I were going on the stage．Finding the place quite easily，I tore up three flights of stairs，and swung breathlessly through a door which said"Enter without knocking，if you please．"
The simple atmosphere of the office calmed me，and I sat down on the edge of a chair．The woman at the desk opposite looked carefully at me．Then she questioned me in a low voice．I answered softly and started to feel helpless．She wondered why I was looking for this sort of job，so I felt I had to give her the idea of a widowed mother struggling against poverty．But I felt more helpless when she told me that it would be difficult to get a job without experience or references．Suddenly，the telephone on her desk rang．While having a mysterious conversation，she kept looking at me．Then I heard her say：
"In fact，I've got someone here who might suit．"She wrote down a number，and my spirits rose as she held out the paper to me，saying："Ring up this lady．She wants a cook immediately．Cook a dinner for ten people tomorrow．Could you manage that，I wonder？"
"Oh，yes，"said I-never having cooked for more than four．Then I rushed out and called the lady--Miss Cathy．I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for．"Are you sure？"she kept saying．Anyway she decided to employ me and a permanent position if I carried out the promise of my self-praise．I asked her what tomorrow's menu was to be．
"Just a small，simple dinner：lobster cocktail，soup，turbot Mornay，fruit salad and a savory．"In a rather shaken voice I promised to turn up in good time tomorrow and rang off．

35．Why did the author decide to look for a job on her own？D
A．Because she believed that her family were not willing to help her．
B．Because she was a widowed mother struggling against poverty．
C．Because she wanted to get some professional experience by herself．
D．Because she thought her family didn't want her to become a cook．
36．What did the author feel on her way？B
A．Excited but worried．
B．Nervous and excited．
C．Easy and curious．
D．Helpless but excited．
37．Why didn't the woman give the author the job at first？C
A．Because the woman found that the author didn't respect her．
B．Because the woman realized that the author made up a story．
C．Because the girl hadn't been a cook before or got a reference．
D．Because the woman had already hired a more suitable cook．
38．According to the text，what would the author most probably do after the call？A
A．Read some cookery books．
B．Call her family and tell them the news．
C．Go to the woman's house．
D．Buy what the woman told her at once．

Answer 1

分析 本文講了作者的一次成功的求職經歷．雖然自己沒有什么工作經驗和推薦信，但是好心的工作人員還是根據她的個人狀況把一份廚師的工作介紹給了作者．

解答 DBCA
35．D．細節理解題．根據開頭一段Since my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job，I decided I would look for one all by myself and not to tell them about it till I'd got a permanent one．可知，"我"的家庭是不會支持我從事廚師工作的，句中的all by myself和題干中的on her own意思也是相同的；故選D．
36．B．細節理解題．根據第二段中I was wildly excited，and as nervous as if I were going on the stage．可知，當作者當時自己的心情是激動而且又緊張的；文中沒有提到焦慮、輕松、好奇或無助等情緒；故選B．
37．C．細節理解題．根據第三段中But I felt more helpless when she told me that it would be difficult to get a job without experience or references．可知，負責招聘的人告訴她沒有工作經歷和推薦信找到一份工作是很難的．故選C．
38．A．推理判斷題．根據倒數第二段I-never having cooked for more than four．以及最后一句"In a rather shaken voice I promised to turn up in good time tomorrow and rang off．可知，作者以前從沒有給四個人以上的群體做過飯，所以以一種顫抖的聲音說她會在明天肯定會在恰當的時機出現給雇主一個滿意的答復的，即希望能夠得到這份永久的工作，所以由此推斷她應該去參考一些烹飪方面的書籍；故選A．

點評 本題考查的是一篇日常生活求職類的閱讀理解，首先要通讀全文，了解文章大意，僅僅抓住上下文所提供的信息，熟悉題干和選項，然后根據語境逐一選出答案，最后再通讀檢查一遍，看所選答案是否和原文意思一致．