Question

    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

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题大学毕业前，Jackie开始找工作。她瞄准了一家著名的公司，但这样的工作的竞争非常激烈。在面试的过程中，Jackie展示了其礼貌的品质，所以公司给了她这份工作。

1.句意：她瞄准了一家著名的公司，但这样的工作的竞争非常激烈。A. exam名词，考试；B. work 名词，工作；C. competition名词，竞争；D. plan名词，计划。根据后文The company Jackie chose planned to employ only one person, but more than twenty people applied for the job.可知，工作竞争大。故选C。

2.句意：谢天谢地，Jackie是被邀请参加最后面试的三人之一。A. Thankfully副词，幸亏、感激地；B. Unluckily副词，不幸地；C. Hopefully副词，有希望地；D. Immediately副词，立刻。竞争大，所以“幸亏
”成为最后面试的三人之一。故选A。

3.句意：面试很简单。A. long形容词，长的；B. strict形容词，严格的； C. interesting形容词，有趣的；D. simple形容词，简单的。根据后文The interviewer asked just a few questions and it was all over in less than 10 minutes.可知，面试简单。故选D。

4.句意：请回家等待我们的回复。A. pick up捡起；B. wait for等候；C. deal with处理；D. think of想到、认为。根据语境可知，面试后 “等候” 回复。故选B。

5.句意：三天后，Jackie收到一条短信说她不会得到这份工作。本题考查被动语态中的过去分词。A. offered提供；B. returned归还、返回；C. refused拒绝；D. shown展示。根据语境可知，本句为 “offter sb. sth提供给某人某物” 的被动语态。故选A。

6.句意：那天晚上，然而，她收到了另一条信息。A. letter名词，书信；B. e-mail名词，邮件； C. call名词，电话；D. message名词，信息。 根据前文Three days later, Jackie received a message saying…可知，此处为“另一条信息”。故选D。

7.句意：Jackie后来发现，发送到她手机的第一个消息是面试的一部分——测试她是否适合这份工作。A. guide名词，导游；B. conversation名词，会话；C. test名词，测试；D. lesson名词，课。这是面试的一部分，所以是一项“测试”。故选C。

8.句意：这三个人都收到了同样的短信，但只有Jackie的答复使公司满意。A. same形容词，相同的；B. other形容词，其他的；C. second序数词，第二；D. whole形容词，整个的。根据语境可知，测试的内容应是“相同的”。故选A。

9.句意：这三个人都收到了同样的短信，但只有Jackie的答复使公司满意。A. reached动词，到达；B. satisfied动词，使满意；C. helped动词，帮助；D. surprised动词，使惊奇。根据前文This time it said that she got the job.可知，Jackie的答复“使公司满意”。故选B。

10.句意：这个回答表明Jackie是一个有礼貌的人，所以公司给了她这份工作。A. brave形容词，勇敢的；B. clever形容词，聪明的；C. polite形容词，礼貌的；D. honest形容词，诚实的。根据前文The other said “goodbye” and Jackie said “thank you”可知，Jackie是礼貌的。故选C。