题目：
Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 36 .She got up very early and arrived at the 37 at twenty to eight. She 38 the door open and found nobody there. “I am the 39 to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was surprised to 40 a large bunch of flowers on it. They were fresh.She 41 the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh,how lovely!” Nancy 42 joyfully. She then looked round for a 43 to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the 44 first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.
The day passed very 45 and Nancy did everything with great interest and 46 .For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she 47 herself in her work.
Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a(an) 48 bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones.
The same thing happened again the next Monday, Nancy felt it 49 and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 50 .
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to 51 a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk waiting for his 52 .She happened to see on the desk a big note book 53 “Records of managers' meetings”, and glanced at the 54 pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words:“In order to keep the secretaries 55 ,the company has decided that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk.”
Later, she was told that their general manager was a business management psychologist.
36. A. depressed B. encouraged C. excited D. surprised
37. A. office B. workshop C. Classroom D. bookshop
38. A. forced B. pushed C. Turned D. knocked
39. A. last B. second C. Third D. first
40. A. uncover B. smell C. Find D. pick
41. A. picked up B. threw away C. stared at D. took up
42. A. cried B. Laughed C. wept D. replied
43. A. jar B. Box C. bottle D. vase
44. A. happy B. very C. funny D. quite
45. A. slowly B. normally C. quickly D. hardly
46. A. wisdom B. bravery C. passion D. enthusiasm
47. A. buried B. dressed C. Devoted D. seated
48. A. old B. Red C. blue D. new
49. A. special B. angry C. strange D. difficult
50. A. sender B. receiver C. manager D. waiter
51. A. send for B. hand out C. try out D. hand in
52.A. orders B. directives C. gifts D. receipts
53. A. marked B. written C. printed D. signed
54. A. closed B. damaged C. pinned D. half-opened
55. A. at home B. on time C. in high spirits D. in low spirits
答案：
36-40 CABDCA 41-45 AADBC 46-50 DADCA 51-55 DBADC
36.C 第一天上班肯定会非常“兴奋”。
37.A 秘书应当在办公室上班。
38.B 门是被推开的。turn, knock后面不接形容词作宾语补足语。
39.D 前面说办公室还没有人，所以她是第一个到办公室的。
40.C 她发现桌子上有一束鲜花。
41.A 后面有暗示。她要闻鲜花，首先要把鲜花拿起来。
42.A 根据“Oh, how lovely!”可知，她快乐地“喊道”。
43.D 后文中“She quickly put them in the vase”一句有提示。
44.B very在此用作形容词，起强调作用，是“恰恰是，正好”之意。
45.C 因为心情好，所以这一天过得很快。
46.D 她工作（做所有的事情）兴趣大，积极性高。
47.A bury oneself in one's work为固定搭配，意为“埋头工作”。
48.D 后面的replacing old ones表明这束花是新（鲜）的。
49.C Nancy发现这种事情很奇怪。
50.A 她决定想办法查出这个送花人。
51.D 她被派到总经理办公室递交一份计划。hand in“递交”之意。
52.B directives作名词用，是“指示，指令”之意。
53.A marked是“标有……字样”之意。
54.D 后面讲她看到了“总经理会议记录”中的一些内容，故这个记录本应是半开着的。
55.C 公司给每一位秘书送花，是为了使他们保持高昂的工作热情。
