阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-20 各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Harpinder Kaur was stuck in a dead-end job, but “ a chance meeting with a man on a bus in Bradford           everything”, she tells James Grey, a        for the Moonlight City Newspaper.
Harpinder will        forget the first day she worked as a court interpreter. “There was a murder trial at Leeds Crown Court two years ago,” she says. “There were about 40 lawyers and about 80 other people in the      . so I was really      .
Harpinder had been called into court to        the testimonies(证词) of the defendants（被告）. Until then, Harpinder had been working as a teacher of English as a second language in Leeds, and had been       , very gradually, to move into a career as a translator. Her        on that day taught her how to deal with a new condition without getting any advice or support.
“It was a(n)      day, but I think I did pretty well,” she says, “At first I       that I couldn’t do it.” Then I thought, “This is part of my job. These people       my help, and I can’t just say that I don’t want to do it.”
Harpinder doesn’t always enjoy what she does, and most of her work        in courtrooms, police stations and immigration centres. It doesn’t        whether she sympathises with the situation her clients are in, or believes they are        or guilty: her role is to        the precise meaning of their words.
“So, what made you        a career as an interpreter?” asked James Grey. “One day, when I was still teaching, I met a man on a bus       a Chinese dictionary. When I asked him why, he told me he was planning to move China and needed to understand the       to understand the people. It made me       I wasn’t using the languages that I spoke. When I got home I telephoned a career office. And an adviser       I try interpreting. That’s how it all began.”

A．predicted B．changed C．operated D．stopped

A．manager B．journalist C．buyer D．teacher

A．probably B．definitely C．just D．never

A．classroom B．courtroom C．hospital D．theatre

A．angry B．nervous C．shocked D．cautious

A．mention B．record C．translate D．copy

A．hesitating B．pretending C．attempting D．fearing

A．research B．creativity C．imagination D．experience

A．worthwhile B．flexible C．difficult D．free

A．believed B．doubted C．proved D．explained

A．need B．receive C．forget D．contrast

A．takes place B．takes effect C．closes up D．closes down

A．cost B．matter C．work D．care

A．innocent B．pleased C．careful D．humorous

A．make B．decide C．choose D．convey

A．ruin B．refuse C．pursue D．raise

A．printing B．delivering C．selling D．reading

A．culture B．politics C．history D．language

A．stop B．sight C．expect D．realise

A．demanded B．required C．suggested D．regretted