Have You Filled upthe Form?

Of all things in theworld,I most dislike filling up forms;in fact,I have a______(51)horror of it.Applying for a living license,______(52)for an evening course,booking a

holiday abroad一everything nowadays seem toinvolve______(53)information about one's personal life and habits that haslittle or nothing to do with the matter______(54)

hand.When applyingfor a job,it may be______(55)some obscure interest to a______(56)employer tolearn that I collect stamp or had measles as a child,but why should he

conceivably want toknow that my father was a tobacconist who died in 1988?

The authoritieswho______(57)one to fill up forms,frequently demand answers to questions thatone would hesitate to put______(58)one's intimate friends.The worst of it is

that,when______(59)with such questions,my mind goes blank.Have I ever suffered froma serious illness?My mother always assured me I was"delicate".Do Isuffer from any

personal defects?Well,I wear contact lenses and my upper teeth are not my own,but perhaps theword"defects"______(60)to my character. Am I supposedto______(61)that I

like gambling,andfind it difficult to get up in the morning? Both of them are true.

Of all,I think jobapplications are the worst,"education”一previous experience一post heldgive______(62）…Terrified by the awful warning about giving false______(63)

which appear at thebottom of the form,I struggle to remember what exams I passed and how long Iworked for what firms.______(64)hard I try,there always seems to be a

year or two forwhich I cannot satisfactorily account and which I am certain,ifleft______(65),will give the impression that I was in prison or engaged in someoccupation too

dubious to mention._________(62)

A.days

B.dates

C.offers

D.suggestions