Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one．
I had seen an agency （中介机构） advertised in a local newspaper．I rushed out of the __1 in search of it．I was wildly excited, and as _2_ as if I were going on the stage．Finding the 3 quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please．”
The simple atmosphere of the office 4 me．The woman looked carefully at me for a while through her glasses, and then questioned me in a low voice．I answered softly．All of a sudden I started to feel rather 5 She wondered why I was looking for this sort of job I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be 6 to get a job without experience I wondered whether I ought to leave, when the telephone on her desk rang．I heard her say:
“ 7 , I’ve got someone in the office at this very moment who might 8 ．” She wrote down a __9 , and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady．She wants a cook immediately．In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people．”
“Oh yes,” said I — 10 having cooked for more than four in my life．I 11 her again and again, and rushed out to the nearest telephone box．I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number．I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for．
I spent the next few hours 12 cook books．
1．A．bed B house C．agency D．office
2．A．proud B．please C．nervous D．worried
3．A．family B．door C．place D．stage
4．A．calmed B．excited C．frightened D．disturbed
5．A．encouraged B．dissatisfied C．hopeless D．pleased
6．A．difficult B．helpless C．possible D．unusual
7．A．Above all B．As a matter of fact
C． As a result D．In spite of that
8．A．hire B．accept C． suit D．offer
9．A．letter B．name C． note D．number
10．A．almost B．never C． nearly D．really
11．A．answered B．promised C． thanked D．told
12．A．borrowing B．buying C．reading D．writing