Since my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job, I decided I  1  look for one all by myself and   2   them about it till I'd get one. I had seen an agency advertised   3   a local paper, so   4  there was no one about to say “ Where are you going? ”, I rushed out of the house   5  it. I was widely   6   and was nervous as if I   7  on the stage. Finding the place quite easily, I tore up three flights of stairs, and swung breathlessly  8   a door which said “ Enter without knocking, if you   9  . ” The simple atmosphere of the office   10  me, and I sat carefully down on the edge of a chair. The woman at the desk   11  looked at me for a while through her   12  , and I was about to move my feet   13  I realized that she was questioning me in a low voice. I answered softly and I started to feel   14  helpless. She made   15  to me in a way that she wondered   16  I was looking for this sort of joB．I felt even more helpless when she told me that it   17  difficult to get a job without   18  or reference. Then I heard her say, “  19  , I've got someone in the office at   20   moment who might suit. ” 1．A．would       B．ought       C．wanted     D．liked 2．A．told    B．not tell     C．not told    D．not to tell 3．A．on      B．at     C．for   D．in 4．A．as soon as B．as to        C．far    D．as 5．A．search for B．in search of     C．finding    D．looked for 6．A．excited      B．worried    C．exciting   D．worrying 7．A．was going B．were coming   C．was coming     D．were going 8．A．through     B．by    C．in     D．to 9．A．pleased      B．pleasant   C．please      D．pleasure 10.A．calmed       B．excited     C．moved      D．frightened 11.A．opposite     B．against     C．back        D．face 12.A．glass   B．glasses     C．eyes D．eye 13.A．while B．before      C．after        D．when 14.A．rather  B．fairly       C．too   D．little 15.A．it        B．that C．know       D．it known 16.A．how    B．why C．whether   D．where 17.A．were   B．should be        C．would be D．was 18.A．experience B．experiment      C．time        D．money 19.A．In a fact     B．As a matter of fact   C．As to fact     D．As a matter 20.A．a very        B．very a       C．very the   D．this very