【题目】根据提示完成下列短文

A friend of mine 【1】 (call) Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul 【2】 (come) out of his office, a street naughty boy 【3】 (call) himself Jim, was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, Paul?" he asked. Paul answered, "Yes, my brother 【4】 (give) it to me for Christmas. " "You mean your brother gave it to you and it 【5】 (not cost) you anything? I wish... " said the 【6】 (surprise) boy. He hesitated (犹豫).

Of course Paul 【7】 (know) what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he 【8】 (have) a brother like that. But what the boy 【9】 (say) surprised Paul greatly. "I wish, " the boy 【10】 (go) on, "that I could be a brother like that. "

【题目】—So what is the procedure?

—All the applicants __________ before a final decision is made by the authority.

A. interviewed B. are interviewing

C. are interviewed D. are being interviewed

【题目】It doesn’t matter how many times you fail；_________ matters is how many times you stand up and try again．

A．which B．that C．who D．what

【题目】The job is not very rewarding _______ money, but he is getting valuable experience from it.

A. in memory of B. in terms of

C. in charge of D. in search of

【题目】—He didn't feel a bit nervous when __________.

—No. He had a lot of time __________ for it after all.

A. interviewing; to prepare B. interviewing; preparing

C. being interviewed; preparing D. interviewed; to prepare

【题目】Do you wake up every morning __________ energetic and ready to start a new day?

A. feel B. to feel

C. feeling D. felt

【题目】Betty shows great interest in this poem now, but she thought it boring __________ she read it.

A. at the first time B. the first time

C. for the first time D. at first

【题目】The local people ______ building the new hotel because of the great cost.

A. opposed B. accused

C. objected D. against

【题目】 —What on earth do you want?

—I just want a common sports coat—nothing ________.

A. fancy B. amazing

C. informal D. valuable

【题目】The ______ he drew from his simple experiment is not scientific.

A. conclusion B. charge

C. promise D. relation