Nowadays most people decide quite early what kind of work they would do. When I

Nowadays most people decide quite early what kind of workthey would do. When I was at school,we had to choose____1____to learnwhen we were fifteen. Some of my schoolmates____2____to take businessbecause of their family background. Some would rather learn arts with awonderful dream in their minds. I chose scientific subjects. “Inthe future,scientists will make a lot of____3____,”saidmy parents. For three years I tried to learn physics and chemistry,but in theend I decided that I would never be a scientist. It was a long time before Itold my parents that I wasn’t happy at school. “I didn’t think youwere,”said my mother. “I didn’t either. ”saidmy father. “Well,the best thing to do now is to look for a job. ”

I talked about it with my friends Frank and Lesley who knewme well. At first,neither of them could suggest anything,but they promised thatthey would ask their friends. I had to wait at home with____4____to do.Sometimes I looked through evening papers,but I____5____to get anyinformation I needed. Then a few days later while I was____6____inbed,someone telephoned. “Is that Miss Jenkins?”a____7____voiceasked. “I____8____you take great inretest in photography andI’ve got a job that____9____interest you in my clothes factory. My nameis Mr. Thomson. “He seemed____10____on the phone,so I went to seehim. I was so excited when I left home that I almost forgot to say good-bye. “Good____11____!”mymother said to me. On the way there I kept thinking of my future work. Itseeplled to me that I was on top of the worId.

I arrived a bit carly and when Mr. Thomson came he asked meif I had been____12____a long time. “No,not long,”Ireplied. After talking to me for about twenty minutes he____13____me ajob—____14____as a photographer though, ____15____as a model.

1．A．what B．which C．how   D．where

2．A．thought B．decided   C．liked   D．wondered

3．A．objects  B．things C．value  D．money

4．A．something B．none   C．nothing   D．anything

5．A．didn’t    B．failed  C．tried   D．managed

6．A．still   B．hardly C．yet D．even

7．A．person’s    B．man’s C．woman’s    D．manager’s

8．A．think B．guess C．understan   D．hope

9．A．should   B．can    C．must  D．might

10．A．pleased    B．honest    C．angry D．pleasant

11．A．chance    B．trip C．luck   D．boy

12．A．waiting    B．sitting C．standing D．walking

13．A．suggested    B．offered   C．gave   D．introduced

14．A．no   B．just    C．not D．never

15．A．however  B．while  C．and    D．but

试题答案

答案：A;B;D;C;B;A;B;C;D;D;C;A;B;C;D