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course, booking a holiday abroad—everything nowadays seem to involve {{U}}
{{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}information about one's personal life and
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6 {{/U}} {{/U}}employer to learn that I collect stamp or had measles as
a child, but why should he conceivably want to know that my father was a
tobacconist who died in 19887 The authorities who {{U}}
{{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}one to fill up forms, frequently demand answers
to questions that one would hesitate to put {{U}} {{U}} 8
{{/U}} {{/U}}one's intimate friends. The worst of it is that, when {{U}}
{{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}with such questions, my mind goes blank. Have I
ever suffered from a serious illness? My mother always assured me I was
"delicate". Do I suffer from any personal defects? Well, I wear contact lenses
and my upper teeth are not my own, but perhaps the word "defects" {{U}}
{{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}to my character. Am I supposed to {{U}}
{{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}that I like gambling, and find it difficult to
get up in the morning? Both of them are true. Of all, I think
job applications are the worst, education, previous experience, post held, give
{{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}... Terrified by the awful warning
about giving false {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}which appear at
the bottom of the form, I struggle to remember what exams I passed and how long
I worked for what firms. {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}hard I try,
there always seems to be a year or two for which I cannot satisfactorily account
and which I am certain, if left {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}},
will give the impression that I was in prison or engaged in some occupation too
dubious to mention.
单选题
A. positive
B. negative
C. mild
D. slight
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] positive的意思是“绝对的、确实的”，例如：It was a positive delight to hear her sing so beautifully.听她美妙的歌声绝对是一种享受。原文是“事实上，我对它确实有一种恐惧”，因此选A。
单选题
A. attending
B. registering
C. living
D. working
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] register的意思是“注册、登记”，“register for an evening course”，即“报名参加夜校课程”。此处选B最合逻辑，因为报名上课需要填表格，其他各项均不合题意。
单选题
A. given
B. to give
C. giving
D. having given
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] involve在这里为“包括”的意思，例如：Taking the job involves living abroad.接受这份工作就必须到国外工作。表此意时：“involve”后面接名词或动名词，因为这里表示填表，就必须提供给别人一些自己的私人信息，所以此题选C。
【答案解析】[解析] “declaration”除了“声明”意思之外，还有“申报”，例如：Please make a written declaration of all the goods you bought abroad.请把你在海外买的全部货物以书面形式申报。本文中指填表格时候对自己情况的申报。
单选题
A. But
B. Therefore
C. Though
D. However
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] “however”在这里是副词，指“无论到什么程度”，例如：However cold it is, he always goes swimming.不管有多冷，他都要去游泳。本文指“不论我怎么努力回忆”。