第二节： 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Nancy had just got a secretary’s job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 21 . She got up very early and arrived at the office at twenty to eight. She 22 the door open and found 23__ there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk 24 she was surprised to __25 a large bunch of flowers on it. They were 26 . She picked up the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried 27 . She then 28 for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the 29 first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.
The day passed very 30 and Nancy did everything 31 great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she __ 32 herself in her work.
Then came another 33 . When she came near her desk, she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, 34 the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 35 .
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to 36 a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk 37 his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook 38 with “Records of managers' meetings”, and 39 the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company 40 that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk.”
Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.
21. A. depressed B. excited C. encouraged D. surprised
22. A. pushed B. forced C. turned D. knocked
23. A. everybody B. others C. nobody D. somebody
24. A. that B. which C. there D. where
25. A. discover B. smell C. find D. pick
26. A. old B. fresh C. good D. sweet
27. A. joyfully B. tearfully C. casually D. repeatedly
28. A. looked up B. looked at C. looked around D. looked down
29. A. happy B. very C. funny D. quite
30. A. slowly B. normally C. quickly D. hardly
31. A. at B. in C. for D. with
32. A. devoted B. focused C. buried D. made
33. A. Sunday B. Monday C. Tuesday D. Saturday
34. A. taking B. took C. replaced D. replacing
35. A. sender B. receiver C. manager D. waiter
36. A. send for B. hand out C. try out D. hand in
37. A. asking for B. waiting for
C. looking for D. searching for
38. A. marked B. given C. used D. signed
39. A. glanced at B. stared at C. glared at D. looked at
40. A. has ordered B. has said
C. has decided D. has demanded