第二节：完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将其涂黑。

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 (中介机构) 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