Question

James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so 1_____ that he didn’t know what to do with 2 ______. The person who had gone in 3 _____ him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident(自信的) when she went in, 4 _____James. He felt 5 _____ that she had already got the 6 _____. The problem was that he wanted this job 7____ . It meant 8____ to him. He had 9_____ it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself 10_____ brilliantly(出色地) at the interview and 11_____ the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 12 _____. He couldn’t 13_____ all those things he had 14 _____ to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and 15 _____. But no---he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t 16_____ like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very 17_____ with herself. She smiled sympathetically(同情地) at James. At the  moment, James 18_____ her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly 19____ that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs 20_____ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.

A.healthy         B. nervous           C. careless          D. confident

A.the interviewer     B. the woman       C. himself          D. the situation

A. by             B. with              C. before           D. after

A.Not like         B. So did             C. Do as           D. Do like

A.doubtful        B. sure               C. angry          D. astonished

A.reward         B. first                C. prize          D. job

A.hopelessly      B. naturally            C. easily         D. so much

A.everything      B. happiness           C. difficulty       D. nothing

A.dreamed of     B. learned of          C. thought about     D. talked about

A.explaining      B. performing         C. answering       D. writing

A.offered        B. asked for           C. being offered    D. being asked for

A.mad          B. excited             C. certain          D. terrible

A.depend on     B. afford              C. believe in        D. remember

A.kept          B. been taught          C. planned        D. been supplied

A.leave          B. go in                C. prepare        D. practise

A. take back      B. put off               C. give up         D. put down

A.ugly          B. pleased               C. sad            D. pretty

A.noticed        B. loved               C. missed          D. hated

A.thought         B. hoped                C. wished         D. regretted

A.shaking        B. bending             C. walking        D. stopped

Answer 1

【小题1】B

【小题2】C

【小题3】C

【小题4】A

【小题5】B

【小题6】D

【小题7】D

【小题8】A

【小题9】C

【小题10】B

【小题11】C

【小题12】D

【小题13】D

【小题14】C

【小题15】A

【小题16】C

【小题17】B

【小题18】D

【小题19】C

【小题20】A

解析:

内容概要：本文通过对比的手法，描述了James面试前紧张不安、不知所措的心理状态。

答案简析：

【小题1】由后面的不知所措，可见其“紧张”。

【小题2】是他“自己”不知所措。

【小题3】因为那个女士已面试了近一个小时，可见她是先进去接受面试的。

【小题4】表示比较，别人充满自信而“不像”他。

【小题5】从他后面担心得不到工作来分析，他是“确信”那位女士面试出色的。

【小题6】面试所竞争的就是“工作”，而且下一句又再现了job这一词。

【小题7】从他后面对这份工作的憧憬来看，他“十分”希望得到这份工作。

【小题8】前面说了他非常想得到这份工作，而且为面试进行了精心准备，可见这一工作对他来说意味着“一切”。

【小题9】dream of指“梦想”，一般指超出现实或是比较遥远的事情，think about表示“考虑”，比较恰当，而且与下文的imagined，considering相呼应。

【小题10】其他三个选项不能涵盖面试的方方面面。

【小题11】想象中面试出色，所以当场得到了那份工作。

【小题12】与前面想象中的美好形成强烈对比。

【小题13】紧张导致思维混乱，所以不能“想起”准备好的话。

【小题14】希望回忆出来的话语，肯定是事前准备好的。

【小题15】根据行文逻辑选定。

【小题16】等同于前面提到的get up and leave。

【小题17】由后面的行为来看，她对自己的面试表现是满意的。

【小题18】夺取了那份工作，又表现出洋洋得意的样子，叫James怎么不“恨”她。

【小题19】由had gone这一虚拟语气形式和“两腿发抖、额头冒汗”这一信息不难推知答案。

【小题20】紧张时两腿“发抖”，这是正常现象。