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     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 1 him had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so 2 when she went in,not like James. He felt sure that she had already got the 3 The problem was that he wanted this job so much. It meant 4 to him. He had thought about it again and again such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself 5 brilliantly at the interview and being offered the job 6

     But now here he was feeling 7 . He couldn’t remember all those things he had planned to say. At that  moment,he almost decided to give up and 8 . But no—he had to do this. He had spent so much time con- sidering it that he couldn’t 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 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. ”

() 1. A. beside   B. with   C. before   D. after

() 2. A. cheerful   B. challenging   C. anxious   D. sure

() 3. A. reward   B. job   C. place   D. degree

() 4. A. everything   B. anything   C. something   D. nothing

() 5. A. explaining   B. observing   C. performing   D. writing

() 6. A. surprisingly   B. lately   C. frequently   D. immediately

() 7. A. terrible   B. foolish   C. ashamed   D. excited

() 8. A. say   B. leave   C. think   D. walk

() 9. A. give in   B. give out   C. give up   D. give away

() 10. A. ugly   B. pretty   C. pleased   D. sad

Answer 1

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

[解析]本文講述的是James去參加一次工作的面

試時的緊張情緒。

1. C 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。根據文意可 知選C.

2. D 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。根據文意可知選D.

3. B 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，我們可知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.

4. A 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。根據文意故選八„

5. C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。根據文意可知選C.

6. D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。選D.

7. A根據這句話的意思可知，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.

8. B從下文可知，James這里是想要放棄，— he had to do this ,但是不行，不能放棄，他必須要 參加這個面試。根據文意可知選B.

9. C句意：他花了這么長時間考慮這件事，他不能 就這樣放棄。選C.

10. D 從下句話中 smiled sympathetically at James , 我們可以猜測出，她對自己應是感到傷心。故D.