第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 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 21 . She got up very early and arrived at the office at twenty to eight. She   22　 the door open and found   23__    there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk  24   she was surprised to            __25   a large bunch of flowers on it. They were   26  . She picked up the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried   27   . She then   28   for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the   29   first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder. The day passed very   30　 and Nancy did everything   31   great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she __ 32　 herself in her work. Then came another   33  . When she came near her desk, she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase,   34   the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 3 5　. On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to   36　 a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk   37   his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook 38 with “Records of managers' meetings”, and   39   the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company   40   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 wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business. 21. A. depressed          B. excited            C. encouraged        D. surprised 22. A. pushed              B. forced              C. turned          D. knocked 23. A. everybody      B. others         C. nobody        D. somebody 24. A. that                  B. which                    C. there             D. where 25. A. discover              B. smell                C. find               D. pick 26. A. old                 B. fresh             C. good             D. sweet 27. A. joyfully            B. tearfully                 C. casually           D. repeatedly 28. A. looked up      B. looked at       C. looked around         D. looked down 29. A. happy                    B. very                      C. funny            D. quite 30. A. slowly              B. normally                C. quickly            D. hardly 31. A. at                       B. in                       C. for             D. with 32. A. devoted                    B. focused                  C. buried                    D. made 33. A. Sunday                    B. Monday                  C. Tuesday                 D. Saturday 34. A. taking                   B. took                      C. replaced          D. replacing 35. A. sender              B. receiver                  C. manager          D. waiter 36. A. send for                   B. hand out                 C. try out            D. hand in 37. A. asking for                           B. waiting for C. looking for                     D. searching for 38. A. marked                   B. given                     C. used              D. signed 39. A. glanced at         B. stared at                  C. glared at                 D. looked at 40. A. has ordered                         B. has said C. has decided                       D. has demanded