Question

James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so 1_____ that he didn’t know what to do with 2 ______. The person who had gone in 3 _____ him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident(自信的) when she went in, 4 _____James. He felt 5 _____ that she had already got the 6 _____. The problem was that he wanted this job 7____ . It meant 8____ to him. He had 9_____ it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself 10_____ brilliantly(出色地) at the interview and 11_____ the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 12 _____. He couldn’t 13_____ all those things he had 14 _____ to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and 15 _____. But no---he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t 16_____ 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 17_____ with herself. She smiled sympathetically(同情地) at James. At the  moment, James 18_____ her. 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.” James suddenly 19____ that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs 20_____ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.

A.healthy         B. nervous           C. careless          D. confident

A.the interviewer     B. the woman       C. himself          D. the situation

A. by             B. with              C. before           D. after

A.Not like         B. So did             C. Do as           D. Do like

A.doubtful        B. sure               C. angry          D. astonished

A.reward         B. first                C. prize          D. job

A.hopelessly      B. naturally            C. easily         D. so much

A.everything      B. happiness           C. difficulty       D. nothing

A.dreamed of     B. learned of          C. thought about     D. talked about

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

A.offered        B. asked for           C. being offered    D. being asked for

A.mad          B. excited             C. certain          D. terrible

A.depend on     B. afford              C. believe in        D. remember

A.kept          B. been taught          C. planned        D. been supplied

A.leave          B. go in                C. prepare        D. practise

A. take back      B. put off               C. give up         D. put down

A.ugly          B. pleased               C. sad            D. pretty

A.noticed        B. loved               C. missed          D. hated

A.thought         B. hoped                C. wished         D. regretted

A.shaking        B. bending             C. walking        D. stopped

Answer 1

【小題1】B

【小題2】C

【小題3】C

【小題4】A

【小題5】B

【小題6】D

【小題7】D

【小題8】A

【小題9】C

【小題10】B

【小題11】C

【小題12】D

【小題13】D

【小題14】C

【小題15】A

【小題16】C

【小題17】B

【小題18】D

【小題19】C

【小題20】A

解析:

內容概要：本文通過對比的手法，描述了James面試前緊張不安、不知所措的心理狀態。

答案簡析：

【小題1】由后面的不知所措，可見其“緊張”。

【小題2】是他“自己”不知所措。

【小題3】因為那個女士已面試了近一個小時，可見她是先進去接受面試的。

【小題4】表示比較，別人充滿自信而“不像”他。

【小題5】從他后面擔心得不到工作來分析，他是“確信”那位女士面試出色的。

【小題6】面試所競爭的就是“工作”，而且下一句又再現了job這一詞。

【小題7】從他后面對這份工作的憧憬來看，他“十分”希望得到這份工作。

【小題8】前面說了他非常想得到這份工作，而且為面試進行了精心準備，可見這一工作對他來說意味著“一切”。

【小題9】dream of指“夢想”，一般指超出現實或是比較遙遠的事情，think about表示“考慮”，比較恰當，而且與下文的imagined，considering相呼應。

【小題10】其他三個選項不能涵蓋面試的方方面面。

【小題11】想象中面試出色，所以當場得到了那份工作。

【小題12】與前面想象中的美好形成強烈對比。

【小題13】緊張導致思維混亂，所以不能“想起”準備好的話。

【小題14】希望回憶出來的話語，肯定是事前準備好的。

【小題15】根據行文邏輯選定。

【小題16】等同于前面提到的get up and leave。

【小題17】由后面的行為來看，她對自己的面試表現是滿意的。

【小題18】奪取了那份工作，又表現出洋洋得意的樣子，叫James怎么不“恨”她。

【小題19】由had gone這一虛擬語氣形式和“兩腿發抖、額頭冒汗”這一信息不難推知答案。

【小題20】緊張時兩腿“發抖”，這是正�，F象。