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Although my good job at a large company had made my parents happy, now I wanted something different. The only place I could __1__ working was Facebook, I __2__ from New York to San Francisco and __3__ at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, __4__ to find a job in Facebook.

A friend who worked there had agreed to __5__ me to a few people around the office. But on the way back from a coffee break, I got  __6__. I  __7__ around outside the Facebook building by myself, trying to __8__ myself that I was able enough to work here. I told myself I had already flown across the __9__ and now I just needed to go for it.

I sat in the hall of the building for what __10__ hours. Finally, at the very end of the day, the director of PR walked out and introduced herself. An hour later, I left the Facebook office even more __11__ about the company.

A few days later, the __12__ I had spoken with called me and said, “We don't have a full time job __13__. But if you're interested in a part­time job, you can come to work here tomorrow.”

This was not __14__ what I'd been hoping for. But I knew that I was passionate about the work and the company, so __15__ I flew from New York to San Francisco. A few months later I was  __16__ a full time job.

Now Facebook is 15 times bigger than it was six years ago. If I hadn't made it  __17__  my nervousness six years ago I would never have gotten the __18__.

Nowadays whenever I'm nervous about __19__， I think about waiting in the hall of Facebook and I encourage myself to be __20__.

1．mber                          B．imagine                                

C．permit                              D．recommend

2．                              B．drove                                  

C．flew                                D．walked

3．ed up                         B．took up                                

C．brought up                          D．broke up

4．sfied                         B．determined                             

C．unwilling                           D．inspired

5．irm                           B．advise                                 

C．explain                             D．introduce

6．ortable                       B．confused                               

C．nervous                             D．afraid

7．d                             B．ran                                    

C．turned                              D．marched

8．se                            B．persuade                               

C．prohibit                            D．restrict

9．try                           B．city                                   

C．state                               D．ocean

10．ed like                      B．felt like                              

C．waited for                          D．took off

11．ted                          B．amazed                                 

C．confused                            D．disappointed

12．                              B．friend                                 

C．woman                               D．neighbor

13．opriate                      B．ready                                  

C．rewarding                           D．open

14．ly                           B．barely                                 

C．truly                               D．exactly

15． once                          B．once again                             

C．just now                            D．immediately

16．anteed                       B．declared                               

C．clarified                           D．offered

17．ugh                          B．up                                     

C．out                                 D．from

18．ry                           B．payment                                

C．chance                              D．promotion

19．ng a move                    B．having a try                           

C．doing a favor                       D．taking a risk

20．y                            B．optimistic                             

C．brave                               D．anxious

【回答】

篇章導讀：本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了作者在Facebook求職並得到工作的一次經歷。

1.B　前文作者想要嘗試不同的工作，此處表示作者唯一能想象的地方就是Facebook，故選B項。

2.C　根據後文“flown across”可知作者從紐約飛往舊金山，故選C項。

3.A　根據語境可知，此處表示作者出現在Facebook總部。show up “露面，出現”，故選A項。

4.B　作者飛越整個美國，結合語境可知作者決心要在Facebook找到一個工作。故選B項。

5.D　從下句“on the way back from a coffee break.”可知，作者的一個朋友同意把他介紹給辦公室的幾個人，故選D項。

6.C　從後兩句可以得知，作者突然緊張了，故選C項。

7.A　作者在Facebook大樓外徘徊，pace around “四處走動”，故選A項。

8.B　從上下文語境可知，作者此時很緊張，試圖去說服自己有能力在這兒工作，故選B項。

9.A　從前文可知，作者從紐約飛到舊金山，即飛越了整個國家，故選A項。

10.B　作者感覺時間非常難熬，坐在大樓的大廳裡，感覺過了好幾個小時，故選B項。

11.A　根據後文可知作者對這次面試感覺比較成功，因此離開公司時比剛到時更加激動，故選A項。

12.C　根據前文中的“introduce herself”可知選C項。

13.D　根據語境可知，目前沒有一個全職工作，只有一個臨時工作崗位開放，open符合語境。故選D項。

14.D　因為作者想找一個全職工作，因而這確實不是作者希望的工作，故選D項。

15.B　從前文可知作者從紐約飛到舊金山，因而這裡作者再次從紐約飛到舊金山。once again表示“再次”，故選B項。

16.D　幾個月後公司給了作者一個正式工作。offer表示“主動提供”，符合語境，故選D項。

17.A　句意：如果六年前我沒有克服緊張，我就永遠沒有機會了。through “通過(障礙、階段或測試)”，符合語境，故選A項。

18.C　根據語境可知，chance “機會”，符合語境，故選C項。

19.D　根據全文可知，作者在面對冒險時有點緊張，符合語境，故選D項。

20.C　根據語境可知，面對冒險時，應該是鼓勵自己要勇敢。故選C項。

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