Question

    Kate left school when she was seventeen years old and went to look for work. She was still living w1.her parents. 

A lot of factories needed workers, so it was not d2.to find an interesting job. Kate went to several factories and then chose o3. of them. It was near her home. She decided to go to work on foot.

The next morning, she went to the factory again and said to the manager, “I want to work here, but how much will you p4.me?”

“I will give you 27 pounds now.” the manager answered, “and 30 pounds after three months.” Kate thought for a f5. minutes before she answered.  Then she said. “All right, then I’ll start in three months.”

Answer

1.with

2.difficult

3.one

4.pay

5.few

【解析】

本文介绍了凯特毕业后去找工作。她选择离她家近的一家工厂。她问工厂的经理给她多少钱的工资，经理告诉她刚开始27英镑一小时，三个月后是30英镑一小时。凯特说她三个月后再开始上班。

1.句意：她仍然和父母生活在一起。

live with和……一起生活，故填with。

2.句意：很多工厂需要工人，所以找到一份有趣的工作是不难的。

根据A lot of factories needed workers可知，很多工厂需要工人，因此不能找工作，根据句型It was+形容词+to do sth“做某事是……”，故填difficult。

3.句意：凯特去了几家工厂，然后选择了其中一家。

根据“It was near her home.”可知，选择了其中一家，one of其中之一，故填one。

4.句意：我想要在这里工作，但是你将付给我多少钱？

根据“I will give you 27 pounds now.” the manager answered, “and 30 pounds after three months.”可知，此处询问支付多少钱的工资，故填pay。

5.句意：凯特在回答之前，想了几分钟。

此处修饰可数名词复数形式minutes，用a few“一些，几个”，故填few。