Before graduating college, Jackie began to look for a job. She aimed at a famous company, but the _________for such jobs was very strong. The company Jackie chose planned to employ only one person, but more than twenty people applied for the job. _______, Jackie was one of the three people invited for the final interview. The interview was very _______. The interviewer asked just a few questions and it was all over in less than 10 minutes. Then the interviewer said to them, "All of you are very good. Please go home and __________our response.”
Three days later, Jackie received a message saying she would not be ________the job. She felt deeply disappointed. That evening, however, she received another _________. This time it said that she got the job.
Jackie later found out that the first message sent to her phone was part of the interview---a_________to see if she was suitable for the job. All the three people received the_________text, but only Jackie's reply_________ the company. Of the three, one did not reply. The other said “goodbye” and Jackie said “thank you”. This reply showed that Jackie was a/an_________person, so the company offered her the job.
1.A. exam B. work C. competition D. plan
2.A. Thankfully B. Unluckily C. Hopefully D. Immediately
3.A. long B. strict C. interesting D. simple
4.A. pick up B. wait for C. deal with D. think of
5.A. offered B. returned C. refused D. shown
6.A. letter B. e-mail C. call D. message
7.A. guide B. conversation C. test D. lesson
8.A. same B. other C. second D. whole
9.A. reached B. satisfied C. helped D. surprised
10.A. brave B. clever C. polite D. honest
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1~15各题所给的A、
B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20th century. In his short life he wrote______300 songs and an opera.
Xian was bom in Panyu, Guangdong, China in 1905. Because his father died before he was born, Xian moved from place to place with
______mother. He began learning to play_______violin when he was 20 years old. In the beginning, his violin was_______cheap and badly made that he____not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not stop__________and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he was one of the first Chinese students____ studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he__________, Xian became the school's best student__________won several prizes for his talents.
In 1935, he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan'an_______music at a college.___________there were no pianos in Yan'an at that time Xian still wrote _______of his most important music there, including The Yellow River, his most famous work.
In May 1940, Xian __________to the Soviet Union by the Chinese Communist Party to write music for movies. In the Soviet Union, life was very__________. Xian got sick and later died of a lung illness __________October 30, 1945, aged only 40. Xian's music, however, lives on in the people's hearts.
1.A. near B. nearly C. nearby D. nearer
2.A. he B. him C. his D. he’s
3.A. a B. an C. the D. this
4.A. so B. such C. very D. much
5.A. need B. may C. should D. could
6.A. practice B. practicing C. to practice D. practised
7.A. what B. which C. whom D. who
8.A. leave B. leaves C. left D. was leaving
9.A. and B. but C. as D. or
10.A. teach B. taught C. teaching D. to teach
11.A. If B. Although C. When D. Because
12.A. any B. little C. few D. some
13.A. sent B. was sent C. has sent D. was sending
14.A. hard B. harder C. hardest D. the hardest
15.A. at B. in C. on D. by
—I'll go on a visit to Disneyland.
—________
A. Thank you. B. Never mind.
C. Have a good trip! D. That's OK.
I love the countryside，________ in spring.
A. especially B. hardly C. instead D. heavily
—Have you decided to move to Beijing?
—________，but I have a plan for it.
A. Ever since B. Later on C. Not yet D. From now on
________，volunteering is both a chance to help others and a good way to develop ourselves.
A. To my surprise B. To be honest
C. In order to D. Be similar to
