完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year. I was a ticket-counter supervisor（主管）for a major airline and was looking forward to the
36 of my shift （轮班）at Stapleton International Airport in Denver. My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could
37 our gifts for Christmas.
Just then, a very
38 gentleman went up to me. He asked how he could get to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He had just arrived from Philadelphia and
39 his connecting flight. I pointed him to the ground transportation area, where he could rent a
40 . And then I called my wife to let her know I would be home
41 .
About fifteen minutes later, the gentleman
42 and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars
43 . I told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport. Hearing that, he burst into
44 .
I tried to make him calm down. He explained that his name was Tom, and that his only son was
45 ill at home and was not expected to
46 another year. He expected that this would likely be the
47 Christmas with his son.
I told Tom to
48 his luggage and wait for me at the gate. I was driving to Cheyenne. I called my wife Kathy, telling her about it and not to wait up for me. I drove fast
49 and we arrived in Cheyenne around 2:30 a. m.
Kathy was still
50 me when I got home in the early morning. We traded gifts and then our conversation
51 Tom. For Kathy and me, there was no
52 that driving Tom to Cheyenne was the
53 choice.
A couple of days later, I
54 a Christmas card with a picture of Tom and his family. In it, Tom thanked me for the special
55 he had received that holiday season, but I knew the best gift was mine.
| 小题1: | | A．end | B．turn | C．role | D．change |
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| 小题2: | | A．expect | B．get | C．exchange | D．make |
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| 小题3: | | A．kind | B．helpless | C．sad | D．worried |
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| 小题4: | | A．mistook | B．missed | C．caught | D．continued |
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| 小题6: | | A．soon | B．late | C．early | D．lately |
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| 小题7: | | A．left | B．moved | C．came | D．returned |
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| 小题8: | | A．reliable | B．present | C．available | D．acceptable |
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| 小题9: | | A．laughter | B．tears | C．anger | D．sorrow |
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| 小题10: | | A．really | B．slightly | C．seriously | D．unluckily |
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| 小题11: | | A．suffer | B．live | C．share | D．grow |
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| 小题12: | | A．last | B．best | C．happiest | D．hardest |
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| 小题13: | | A．hand | B．find | C．pack | D．collect |
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| 小题14: | | A．for a while | B．all around | C．all the way | D．from time to time |
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| 小题15: | | A．waiting for | B．caring for | C．thinking of | D．depending on |
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| 小题16: | | A．remembered | B．recalled | C．concerned | D．contained |
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| 小题17: | | A．idea | B．doubt | C．point | D．problem |
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| 小题18: | | A．main | B．only | C．nice | D．great |
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| 小题19: | | A．received | B．sent | C．saved | D．discovered |
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| 小题20: | | A．drive | B．help | C．deal | D．gift |
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