Question

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，在空格处填入一个适当的词。

A big company wanted to find someone to work for them. Lots of young college students came to 1. for the job, but only a small part of them were left. And this time, the company didn’t plan to choose the right persons 2. usual.

Here came the day when they took the final interview. A big box full of papers was placed on the 3. to the interview room, and a few papers were lying around the box.

The first student came. He hurried along the way to take the interview. ＂Who put this box in the middle of the road?＂the student said to himself, 4. he did not try to move the box away. Instead, he passed around the box and continued his way.

The second student came along and did the 5. thing. Then another came, and another. All of them complained(抱怨) about the box but 6. of them tried to move it. What’s worse, someone even stepped on the papers and left without having a look at the things on the ground.

Half an hour 7., a thin young man with glasses came. He was also among those who were left to take the interview. He saw the box and the papers around it. Without thinking twice, he stopped and began to 8. up the papers and put them into the box. Then he managed to move the box to the side. To his great 9., he found an invitation under the box. On it were the following words, ＂Congratulations, young man! You are the 10. person we are looking for! Would you like to join us?＂

Sometimes, you see, helping others is helping yourself.

Answer

1.ask

2.as

3.way

4.but

5.same

6.none

7.later

8.pick

9.surprise

10.right/very

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了通过一个面试的故事，告诉我们帮助别人就是帮助我们自己。

1.句意：许多年轻的大学 生们来寻求这份工作。短语ask for..表示寻求。根据题意，故填ask

2.句意：这个公司没有像平时一样计划选择合适的人们。短语as usual表示像平时一样。根据题意，故填 as。

3.句意：一大箱子纸被放在去面试房间的路上。短语one the way to...表示去某地的路上。故填way 。

4.句意：但是他没有设法移开那个箱子。这里表示转折关系。表示转折关系用but。故填but 。

5.句意：第二个学生走过来，做了相同的事情。The same表示相同的。the same+名词单数，表示相同的……；根据下文中Then another came, and another. All of them complained (抱怨) about the box but ___6___ of them tried to move it.可知都没有移动这个箱子。这里是指相同的事情。根据题意，故填same。

6.句意：但是没有人设法移动他们。这里是表示否定意思，没有人。None表示三者或三者以上都不，他们只是抱怨而没有人不去移动那个盒子。故填none。

7.句意：半个小时之后，一个戴眼镜的瘦的小伙子过来了。这里是一段时间+later表示一段时间之后， 故填later

8.句意：他停下来开始捡那些纸，把它们放在盒子里。短语pick up表示捡起，拾起。根据题意，故填pick。

9.句意：使他吃惊的是，他发现了在箱子下面一封邀请函。短语to one’s surprise表示使某人吃惊的是。故填surprise。

10.句意：你是我们正在寻找的合适的人。这里是说合适的人，根据题意，故填right/ very。