It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight
16 .
I worked in a
17 doctor’s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run
18 than usual. It seemed I was going to be late
19 home and my husband, being the
20 person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe if I hurried, I could still _
21 __it home.
I was heading inside to
22 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for
23 to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just _
24_ a few minutes ago.
The young man at the counter was trying to be
25 in explaining how to get there, with two other people making 26 . One of them was
27 trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to follow me to the
28 ?”
A look of
29 crossed the woman’s face.
“I’m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a (an)
30 since I had just made up my mind to do
31 that.
I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right
32 me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to
33 . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.
Later, as I arrived home, my husband
34 me, “So you aren’t ever late any more.”
I said, “Sometimes it’s
35 to be late.”
| 小题1: | | A．break | B．cold | C．fever | D．headache |
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| 小题2: | | A．foreign | B．common | C．noisy | D．busy |
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| 小题3: | | A．later | B．earlier | C．easier | D．simpler |
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| 小题4: | | A．getting | B．cooking | C．calling | D．working |
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| 小题5: | | A．tough | B．generous | C．punctual | D．rough |
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| 小题6: | | A．get | B．take | C．arrive | D．make |
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| 小题7: | | A．pay | B．charge | C．wait | D．search |
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| 小题8: | | A．opinions | B．trouble | C．directions | D．instructions |
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| 小题9: | | A．reached | B．visited | C．called | D．left |
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| 小题10: | | A．skilled | B．helpful | C．experienced | D．active |
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| 小题11: | | A．comments | B．promises | C．jokes | D．offers |
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| 小题12: | | A．only | B．still | C．even | D．ever |
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| 小题13: | | A．station | B．office | C．hospital | D．hotel |
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| 小题14: | | A．happiness | B．relief | C．sadness | D．peace |
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| 小题15: | | A．lie | B．fact | C．reason | D．duty |
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| 小题16: | | A．partly | B．voluntarily | C．exactly | D．perfectly |
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| 小题17: | | A．across | B．before | C．beside | D．behind |
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| 小题18: | | A．go up | B．die down | C．take up | D．get through |
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| 小题19: | | A．teased | B．yelled | C．joked | D．laughed |
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| 小题20: | | A．possible | B．special | C．good | D．safe |
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