Amywasafewminuteslate．Mr．Smithhadlefttheofficewhenshego...

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Amy was a few minutes late．Mr．Smith had left the office when she got there．His secretary told her he would be back in a few minutes．She had to sit down and waited for a few minutes in the outer office．

“I’ll never get this job，”she told herself．For a moment she wanted to run out of the building．Just then，Mr．Smith came through the door and hurried into his office．A few minutes later，his secretary took Amy in and introduced her．

Amy apologized for being late．Mr. Smith didn’t seem to mind．They talked a few seconds and then got down to business．He took out her letter of application．

“You’ve never worked in radio or television before，have you?” he asked．Amy answered that she was afraid that she hadn’t．Now，she was even made sure that she would not get the job．Mr. Smith asked her a few more questions．

To her surprise，he seemed to be interested in her other qualifications．She was even more surprised when he asked if she could start soon．

“I wonder if you would mind starting next month?” he asked with a smile．It seemed she had got the job after all!

（    ）1．Amy had to wait because ________．

A．her secretary told her she would be back in a few minutes

B．the man she wanted to see had just gone out

C．Mr．Smith was late to come to his office

D．it was not time for Mr．Smith to do his work

（    ）2．Amy wanted to leave the building ________．

A．for she had something important to do

B．to look for Mr．Smith herself

C．because she was told that she wouldn’t be able to get the job

D．with the thought that she would be refused

（    ）3．The underlined word-group “get down to business ” here means ________．

A．get downstairs to the office

B．have business going on

C．go out of the office to keep away from others

D．start to talk about her application for the job

（    ）4．_______，so she got the job．

A．Amy was very good at talking

B．Amy hadn’t worked for others

C．Amy’s qualifications were very helpful

D．Amy didn’t mind whether she could get the job or not

（    ）5．Mr．Smith asked Amy if she could _________．

A．start her work as early as possible

B．wait for an answer for starting work until the following month

C．begin to work in the month that followed

D．possibly take the job and begin to work right away．

【回答】

1B 2D 3D 4C 5C

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