James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt sothat he didn’t know what to do with.The person who had gone inhim had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in.James. He felt that she had already got the. The problem was that he wanted this job 47 .It meant to him. He hadit such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself brilliantly at the interview andthe job immediately. But now here he was feeling.He couldn’t all those things he hadto say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and .But no—he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At that moment James her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenlythat he had gone home after all. He got up, legsand forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
试题分析：这篇短文主要描写James在办公室外面等候应聘面试时紧张的心理活动. 【小题1】考查细节理解。通读全文可知，在面试的等待的时候，他非常紧张。His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry 他的手汗湿而且觉得嘴巴干燥。这一人物细节描写也可知道。故选B 【小题2】考查细节理解。从短文的情景看，显然是James自己不知如何是好。故选C 【小题3】考查细节理解。文章后有提示，for nearly an hour和…an hour earlier都说明有人排在前面。故选C 【小题4】考查细节理解。该文除James外，还谈到了另外一个应聘者(a woman)的情况And she looked so confident when she went in她进去的时候看起来如此自信。James—nervous, the woman—confident,两人形成了对比，故选A。 【小题5】考查动词辨析。A怀疑，B确信，C愤怒，D诧异。由于自己紧张，女应聘者自信，再加上女应聘者“had been in there for nearly an hour已经在那快一个小时”,所以该空用sure符合短文大意。故选B 【小题6】考查名词辨析。A报偿，B第一，C奖励，D职位。他是来参加面试希望得到那份工作，而这位女应聘者似乎已经得到了职位。故选D 【小题7】考查副词辨析。A无望地，B自然得，C轻易地，D很，非常。下文中的“…such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself…”说明James对应聘这份工作很重视，极想得到这份工作，所以选 so much。故选D 【小题8】考查名词辨析。因为“极想得到这份工作”，所以“It meant everything to him对他来说那是一切“. happiness较everything过于具体、片面。 故选A 【小题9】考查动词辨析。A做梦，B学习，C思考，D谈论从下句中“He had imagined himself…”可看出他是在主观在想，而非做梦。故选C 【小题10】考查动词辨析。A和C都是表示单项的、具体的动作。performing可以表示应聘面试时总的表现情况，填在空缺处更符合文意。故选 B 【小题11】考查动词搭配。imagine的搭配(动名词)，想象“被给工作being offered”时的情景。 故选C 【小题12】考查细节理解。“But”表示语义上的转折，说明现在的感觉与前一天的想象截然不同，所以feeling后应填一个表示“糟糕”的词。故选D 【小题13】考查细节理解。由下文 to say得知，情急之下，James记不住事先计划好的台词。故选D 【小题14】考查动词辨析。A拥有B教C计划D供应；James记不住事先计划好的台词。故选C 【小题15】考查细节理解。由前文铺垫的情绪和心理活动来看，他是几乎要站起来离开，而不是进去。 故选A 【小题16】考查动词辨析。take back(收回)、put off(推迟)、put down(镇压、写下来)都常做及物动词, give up(放弃)既可做及物动词，也可做不及物动词，既符合语意，又符合句子结构。故选C 【小题17】考查细节理解。She smiled sympathetically at James她同情地对James微笑，得知她对自己的表现很满意。故选B 【小题18】考查细节理解。看到她得意的表情，James更相信她抢了自己的工作，所以恨她。故选D 【小题19】考查虚拟语气。“that he had gone home after all”是虚拟语气形式，表达与事实相反的愿望，四个选项中只有 wish才有这种用法。 故选C 【小题20】考查细节理解。由forehead sweating前额出汗得知他十分紧张，双腿自然会颤栗。要填的为独立主格结构中的现在分词shaking。故选A 考点：考查记叙文阅读