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