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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】

篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在Facebook求职并得到工作的一次经历。

1.B　前文作者想要尝试不同的工作，此处表示作者唯一能想象的地方就是Facebook，故选B项。

2.C　根据后文“flown across”可知作者从纽约飞往旧金山，故选C项。

3.A　根据语境可知，此处表示作者出现在Facebook总部。show up “露面，出现”，故选A项。

4.B　作者飞越整个美国，结合语境可知作者决心要在Facebook找到一个工作。故选B项。

5.D　从下句“on the way back from a coffee break.”可知，作者的一个朋友同意把他介绍给办公室的几个人，故选D项。

6.C　从后两句可以得知，作者突然紧张了，故选C项。

7.A　作者在Facebook大楼外徘徊，pace around “四处走动”，故选A项。

8.B　从上下文语境可知，作者此时很紧张，试图去说服自己有能力在这儿工作，故选B项。

9.A　从前文可知，作者从纽约飞到旧金山，即飞越了整个国家，故选A项。

10.B　作者感觉时间非常难熬，坐在大楼的大厅里，感觉过了好几个小时，故选B项。

11.A　根据后文可知作者对这次面试感觉比较成功，因此离开公司时比刚到时更加激动，故选A项。

12.C　根据前文中的“introduce herself”可知选C项。

13.D　根据语境可知，目前没有一个全职工作，只有一个临时工作岗位开放，open符合语境。故选D项。

14.D　因为作者想找一个全职工作，因而这确实不是作者希望的工作，故选D项。

15.B　从前文可知作者从纽约飞到旧金山，因而这里作者再次从纽约飞到旧金山。once again表示“再次”，故选B项。

16.D　几个月后公司给了作者一个正式工作。offer表示“主动提供”，符合语境，故选D项。

17.A　句意：如果六年前我没有克服紧张，我就永远没有机会了。through “通过(障碍、阶段或测试)”，符合语境，故选A项。

18.C　根据语境可知，chance “机会”，符合语境，故选C项。

19.D　根据全文可知，作者在面对冒险时有点紧张，符合语境，故选D项。

20.C　根据语境可知，面对冒险时，应该是鼓励自己要勇敢。故选C项。

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