Question

I had applied for the nuclear submarine program, and Admiral Rickover was interviewing me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room ___21_ ourselves for more than two hours, and he let me __22__ any subjects I wished to __23__. Very carefully, I chose those about which I knew most at the time ― current events, seamanship, music, literature, naval tactics, electronics, gunnery ― and he began to ask me a series of questions of increasing __24__. In each case, he soon ___25__ that I knew relatively __26__ about the subjects I had chosen.

He always looked right __27__ my eyes, and he never smiled. I was wet with cold __28__

Finally, he asked me a question and I thought I could regain __29___. He said, “How did you ___30__ in your class at Georgia Tech before ___31___ our Annapolis as a plebe(军校新生)?”I had done very well, so I answered with pride, “Sir, I stood fifty-ninth in a class of 820! “I sat back to wait for the ___32__― which never came. __33__, the question: “Did you do your best?” I started to say, “Yes, Sir,” but I remembered who this was, and ___34__ several of my times at Georgia Tech ___35__ I could have learned more about our friend ,our enemies ,weapons strategy , and so forth. I was just human. I __36__ my throat and finally said, “No, Sir. I didn’t always do my __37___.”

He looked at me for a long time, and then turned his chair around to ___38___ the interview. He asked one final question, which I have never been able to forget __39__ to answer. He said, “Why not?” I sat there for a while, __40__, and then slowly left the room.

21 A. beside	B. with	C. for	D. by
22. A. choose	B. consider	C. elect	D. search
23. A. learn	B. realize	C. discuss	D. concern
24. A. humor	B. difficulty	C. interest	D. ability
25. A. proved	B. showed	C. meant	D. imagined
26. A. much	B. anything	C. little	D. everything
27. A. for	B. into	C. back	D. up
28. A. sweat	B. air	C. water	D. weather
29. A. consideration	B. permission	C. self-confidence	D. self-defence
30. A. stand	B. deal	C. behave	D. go
31. A. leaving	B. reaching	C. choosing	D. entering
32. A. celebrations	B. expectations	C. explanation	D. congratulations
33. A. Thus	B. Instead	C. However	D. Therefore
34. A. recalled	B. tried	C. attempted	D. examined
35. A. where	B. that	C. when	D. which
36. A. cleared	B. examined	C. cleaned	D. treated
37. A. worst	B. best	C. fewest	D. least
38. A. star	B. control	C. interrupt	D. end
39. A. so	B. and	C. or	D. but
40. A. moved	B. excited	C. frightened	D. shaken

Answer 1

21-30 DACBA  CBACA  31 -40DDBAC  ABDCD