银行招聘考试英语真题及参考答案解析三

银行招聘考试英语真题及参考答案解析三

一、 完形填空( 总题数： 2，分数： 60.00)

Have You Filled up the Form?

Of all things in the world, I most dislike filling up forms; in fact, I have a_______1 _______horror of it. Applying for a driving license,_______2 _______for an evening course, booking a holiday abroad—everything nowadays seem to involve_______3______information about one's personal life and habits that has little or nothing to do with the matter_______4 _______hand. When applying for a job, it may be_______5 _______some obscure interest to a_______6 _______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_______7 _______one to fill up forms, frequently demand answers to questions that one would hesitate to put ______8 _______one's intimate friends. The worst of it is that, when______ 9 _______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"______10 _______to my character. Am I supposed to _______11 _______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_______12 _______... Terrified by the awful warning about giving false_______13 _______which appear at the bottom of the form, I struggle to remember what exams I passed and how long I worked for what firms._______14 _______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_______15 _______, will give the impression that I was in prison or engaged in some

occupation too dubious to mention.

(1).

A. positive√

B. negative

C. mild

D. slight

【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。