Since my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job, I decided I __1__ look for one all by myself and __2__ them about it till I'd get one. I had seen an agency advertised __3__ a local paper, so __4__ there was no one about to say “ Where are you going? ”, I rushed out of the house __5__ it. I was widely __6__ and was nervous as if I __7__ on the stage. Finding the place quite easily, I tore up three flights of stairs, and swung breathlessly __8__ a door which said “ Enter without knocking, if you __9__ . ”

    The simple atmosphere of the office __10__ me, and I sat carefully down on the edge of a chair. The woman at the desk __11__ looked at me for a while through her __12__ , and I was about to move my feet __13__ I realized that she was questioning me in a low voice. I answered softly and I started to feel __14__ helpless.

    She made __15__ to me in a way that she wondered __16__ I was looking for this sort of job．I felt even more helpless when she told me that it __17__ difficult to get a job without __18__ or reference. Then I heard her say, “ __19__ , I've got someone in the office at __20__ moment who might suit. ”