Have You Filled UpThe Form?

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

dayabroad-everything nowadays seems to involve______(53)information about one'sper-sonal life and habits that has little or nothing to do with thematter______(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.rrhe worst of it is

that,when______(59)with such questions,my mind goes blank.Have I ever suffered froma seri-ous illness?My mother always assured me I was“delicate”.Do I suffer from

any personalde-fects?Well,I wear contact lenses and my upper teeth are not my own,hutperhaps the word“de-fects”______(60)to my character.Am I supposed to______(61)

that I likegambling,and find it difficult to get up in the morning?Both of them are true.

Of all,I think jobapplications are the worst,“education”—previous experience—post held—give______(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,if left______(65),thatwill give the impression that I was in prison or engaged in some occupation

too dubious tomention.

57._________

A.hide

B. invite

C. reques

D. require