Question

James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so nervous that he didn’t know what to do with himself .The person who had gone in ___小題1:___ him had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so ____小題2:_______when she went in. not like James. He felt sure that she had already got the ___小題3:___. The problem was that he wanted this job so much. It meant ___小題4:___ to him. He had thought about it again and again such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself ___小題5:___ brilliantly at the interview and being offered the job __小題6:____.
But now here he was feeling ___小題7:___.He couldn’t remember all those things he had  planned to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and ___小題8:___. But no — he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t ___小題9:__ 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 ___小題10:___ with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. 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.”

小題11:

A．beside B．with C．before D．after

小題12:

A．cheerful B．challenging C．anxious D．sure

小題13:

A．reward B．job C．place D．degree

小題14:

A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing

小題15:

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

小題16:

A．surprisingly B．lately C．frequently D．immediately

小題17:

A．terrible B．foolish C．ashamed D．excited

小題18:

A．say B．leave C．think D．walk

小題19:

A．give in B．give out C．give up D．give away

小題20:

A．ugly B．pretty C．pleased D．sad

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:C
小題6:D
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:C
小題10:D

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是James去參加一次工作的面試，他很緊張，因為他很想得到這份工作。在他前面進去的那位女士在里面呆了很長時間，進去時，她很自信，所以James認為她很有可能得到這個工作。James想干脆離開，但是他為了這次面試準備了很長時間，他不想就此放棄。終于，那個女士出來了，輪到James進去了......
小題1:考查介詞及語境的理解。句意：在他前面進去的那個人已經在那里呆了將近一個小時了。根據文章最后一段The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out可知，那位女士是在James之前進去面試的，故填before。beside 在...旁邊；with 和...一起；after在...之后。根據文意可知選C。
小題2:考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：不像James，她進去的時候是那么的自信。由上文可知，He felt so nervous that，James感到很緊張，那么那位女士不像James，也就是不緊張，即充滿自信。cheerful 歡呼的；challenging 有挑戰性的；anxious 焦慮的；sure自信的。根據文意可知選D。
小題3:考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：他確信她已經得到了這個工作。由下句話The problem was that he wanted this job so much可知，James 非常想得到這個工作，我們可以知道James在參加的是一個工作的面試，故應該填job。reward 報酬；place 地方；degree 學位。根據文意可知選B。
小題4:考查代詞及語境的理解。句意：這個工作對他來說意味著一切。從上句話The problem was that he wanted this job so much可知，James非常想得到這個工作，故這個工作應該是對他來說很重要，也就是意味著一切。everything 一切，每件事；anything 任何事；something 某事；nothing沒什么事。根據文意故選A。
小題5:考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：他曾經想象過他自己在面試的時候表現出色。根據文意可知James在參加一個工作的面試，他非常想得到這個工作，故他想自己在面試時perform 表現得好。explain 解釋；observe 觀察；write寫。根據文意可知選C。
小題6:考查副詞及語境的理解。句意：他曾經想象過他自己在面試的時候表現出色，馬上就得到了這個工作。surprisingly 令人驚奇的；lately 最近；frequently 頻繁的，經常的；immediately立即，馬上。前面說James想象自己在面試中表現出色，故應是馬上就得到了這個工作。故選D。
小題7:考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：但是現在他感覺很糟糕，他想不起來他原計劃想說的所有東西。terrible 糟糕的；foolish 愚蠢的；ashamed慚愧的；excited 興奮的。根據這句話的意思可以知道，James原本準備的很好，但是現在卻很緊張，以至于把原本準備好的東西都忘了，故他應是感覺不好，很糟糕。故選A。
小題8:考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：他甚至想站起來離開。從下文可知，James這里是想要放棄，But no—he had to do this，但是不行，不能放棄，他必須要參加這個面試。say 說話；leave 離開；think 思考，認為；walk散步，走路。根據文意可知選B。
小題9:考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：他花了這么長時間考慮這件事，他不能就這樣放棄。give in 屈服，投降，讓步；give out 分發，精疲力盡；give up 放棄；give away 捐贈。根據文意可知選C。
小題10:考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：一小時前進去的那位女士出來了，對自己感到很傷心。她同情的對James笑了笑。ugly 丑陋的；pretty 漂亮的。這兩項都與文章的內容無關。pleased 高興的，滿意的；sad 傷心的。根據下句話中smiled sympathetically at James ，我們可以猜測出，她對自己應是感到傷心。故選D。