All of my friends had jobs but I didn’t. That’s because they had a “hook up”. At times, I wished I had a hook up! If I did, I wouldn’t have to go through all those nervous interviews, or waste my ink on those applications that probably got thrown.
One day I asked my grandmother, “Why does no one want to hire me?” She said it was because I didn’t have any experience. How was I supposed to have experience when I’d never had a job before? Even McDonald’s wouldn’t hire me. I applied there so many times. It was a shame.
The Gap was one of the hardest places to apply. Once you filled out an application, the managers would interview you right on the spot. It made me so nervous that I couldn’t talk right. The first question they asked was, “Why do you want to work for the Gap?” Your mind was telling you to say, “For the money.” But you didn’t want to say that because you didn’t want to make yourself sound greedy, even if it’s the truth. So I said, “Because I’m familiar with what the company does, which is selling clothes.”
However, not for long there was another question that always seemed to get me every time, “What can you bring to this company?” I didn’t know, maybe more customers? By the time I got ready to pick it up, I heard them say, “If we don’t contact you in 24 hours, you don’t get the job.”
But if I was asked that question now, I would say, “I’m a hard worker and a very reliable person, and with these kinds of abilities I cannot only do a good job, but I can influence other employees to do so too.”
Despite all the bad luck I seemed to have, I didn’t give up. Eventually, I finally found a summer job.
【小题1】The underlined phrase “hook up” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to “________”.
| A．comparison | B．experience |
| C．application | D．connection |
【小题2】According to the passage, the main reason why I was not hired by McDonald was that ________.
| A．I was too young to work there | B．I had no working experience |
| C．I applied there so many times | D．my grandmother stopped me |
【小题3】What can be learned about the Gap’s interview?
| A．The managers paid attention to the interview. |
| B．I was not nervous at all during the interview. |
| C．The managers were satisfied with my answers. |
| D．I influenced other employees to do a good job. |
【小题4】What is most likely to be talked about in the paragraph following the passage?
| A．My tips on job interviews. | B．My good luck in job-hunting. |
| C．The story about my summer job. | D．The process of more job interviews. |
