根据以下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
He was the president of a major advertising firm and I was a very young management consultant. I had been______（推荐）to him by one of his employees______ had seen my work and thought I had something to offer. I was nervous. At that stage in my ______（生涯）, it wasn’t very often that I got to talk to the president of a company. The appointment was at 1000 a.m., for one hour. I arrivede______.
At exactly 10, I was shown into a large and airy room, ______ furniture decorated in bright yellow.
He had his shirt sleeves r______ up and a mean look on his face. “You’ve only got 20 minutes,” he barked. I sat there, not s______ a word. “I said, you’ve only got 20 minutes.” A______, not a word.
“Your time’s ticking away. ______ aren’t you saying anything?”
“They’re my 20 minutes,” I replied. “I can do whatever I want with them.”
He burst into ______. We then spoke for an hour and a half. I got the job.