Because 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 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.
小题1:A. bed B house C. agency D. office
小题2: | A.proud | B.please | 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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