作场所文化中缺少一些东西。故B选项切题。]

　　2. A．finally B．separately

　　C．secretly D．hardly

　　C　[根据后文"I went to work a bit early and quickly ________ them up"可知，作者做这件事情是偷偷做的。]

　　3. A．inspired B．annoyed

　　C．shocked D．confused

　　A　[inspire激励；annoy使恼怒；shocked惊讶；confused疑惑。这里指的是这些年激励作者的引文。故A选项切题。]

　　4. A．held B．picked

　　C．hid D．posted

　　D　[这里指的是作者把这些引言贴上。D选项切题。]

　　5. A．balcony B．building

　　C．canteen D．restroom

　　D　[根据后文的"I went to the restroom, and one of the quotes that I had written before"可知，作者把这些引言贴到洗手间了。D选项切题。]

　　6. A．put down B．shut down

　　C．taken down D．turned down

　　C　[这里指的是一些引言被拿走了。故C选项切题。]

　　7. A．remained B．disappeared

　　C．changed D．faded

　　A　[根据后文"So perhaps they were meaningful to some of them."可知，或许因为这些对他们有意义，所以有些引言仍在。故A选项切题。]

　　8. A．office B．company

　　C．colleague D．agency

B　[根据文中第一段的"I was working on a project in a small office of a