3. 甘肃省兰州一中09届高三第三次高考诊断考试  完形填空

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one job 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   _21_   in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as  _22_  as if 1 were going on the stage. Finding the   _23_  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said " Enter without knocking, if you please. " 

The simple atmosphere of the office   _24_  me. The woman looked carefully at me  _25_  through her glasses, and then   _26_  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather  _27_  . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of  _28_  . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be  _29_  to get a job without   _30_  . I wondered whether I ought to leave,  _31_   the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

“  _32_  , I've got someone in the  _33_  at this very moment who might   _34_   . " She wrote down a  _35_   . and held it out to me, saying: "Ring up this lady. She wants a   _36_  immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people."

"Oh yes, " said I——  _37_   having cooked for more than four in my life. I  _38_  her again and again, and rushed out to the  _39_  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that 1 was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours  _40_   cook books.

21．A．bed         B．house       C．agency       D．office

22．A．proud       B．please         C．nervous     D．worried

23．A．family       B．door       C．place         D．stage

24．A．calmed       B．excited       C．frightened     D．disturbed

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

26．A．advised       B．examined     C．informed     D．questioned

27．A．encouraged   B．dissatisfied   C．hopeless     D．pleased

28．A．place         B．job             C．advice       D．help

29．A．difficult       B．helpless       C．possible       D． unusual

30．A．ability       B．experience     C．knowledge   D．study

31．A．after       B．since       C．until         D．when

32．A．Above all   B．As a matter of fact     

C．As a result   D．In spite of that

33．A．family     B．house         C．office         D．restaurant

34．A．hire       B．accept       C．suit           D．offer

35．A．letter       B．name     C．note         D．number

36．A．cook       B．help       C．teacher       D．secretary

37．A．almost       B．never         C．nearly       D．really

38．A．answered     B．promised     C．thanked     D．told

39．A．outside     B．local       C．closest       D．nearest

40．A．burrowing   B．buying         C．reading       D．lending

答案  21 D  22.C  23.B  24.A  25.B  26.D  27.B  28.C  29.C 30.D  31.A  32.B  33.C 34.D  35.C  36.C  37.B  38.A  39.C  40.C