完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
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 I 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 I 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

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