SincemyfamilywerenotgoingtobehelpfulIdecidedIwouldlookforoneallbymyselfandnottellthemaboutittillI’dgotone．Ihadseenanagency（中介机构）advertisedinalocalnewspaper．Irushedout

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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 __ 1 in search of it．I was wildly excited and as _2_ as if I were going on the stage．Finding the 3 quite easily I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking if you please．”

The simple atmosphere of the office 4 me．The woman looked carefully at me for a while through her glasses and then questioned me in a low voice．I answered softly．All of a sudden I started to feel rather 5 She wondered why I was looking for this sort of job I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be 6 to get a job without experience I wondered whether I ought to leave when the telephone on her desk rang．I heard her say:

“ 7 I’ve got someone in the office at this very moment who might 8 ．” She wrote down a __ 9 and held it out to me saying: “Ring up this lady．She wants a cook immediately．In fact you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people．”

“Oh yes ” said I — 10 having cooked for more than four in my life．I 11 her again and again and rushed out to the nearest 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 12 cook books．

1．A．bed B house C．agency D．office

2．A．proud B．please C．nervous D．worried

3．A．family B．door C．place D．stage

4．A．calmed B．excited C．frightened D．disturbed

5．A．encouraged B．dissatisfied C．hopeless D．pleased

6．A．difficult B．helpless C．possible D．unusual

7．A．Above all B．As a matter of fact

C． As a result D．In spite of that

8．A．hire B．accept C． suit D．offer

9．A．letter B．name C． note D．number

10．A．almost B．never C． nearly D．really