It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I

It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas onmy way home from work. I was tired and had a slight   36 .

I worked in a   37  doctor’soffice and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making theschedule run   38  than usual. It seemed I was goingto be late   39  home and my husband, being the   40  person,would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe   41  Ihurried, I could still make it home.

I was heading inside to   42  formy gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for   43  tothe local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just   44  afew minutes ago.

The young man at the counter was trying to be   45  inexplaining how to get there, with two other people making   46 .One of them was   47  trying to give them a wholedifferent route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said,“Would you like to follow me to the   48 ?”

A look of   49  crossed thewoman’s face.

“I’m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a(an)  50  since I had just made up my mind to do   51  that.

I got in my car and began the journey back. I wastrying to watch to be sure they were right   52  me.It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to  53 . I felt better than I had all day and my headachewas nearly gone.

Later, as I arrived home, my husband   54 ,“So you aren’t ever late any more.”

I said, “Sometimes it’s   55  tobe late.”

1.                A．break          B．fever           C．cold D．headache

2.                A．foreign         B．common        C．busy     D．noisy

3.                A．earlier         B．later           C．easier    D．simpler

4.                A．getting         B．cooking         C．calling    D．working

5.                A．tough          B．punctual        C．generous D．careful

6.                A．as             B．since           C．while D．if

7.                A．pay            B．change         C．wait D．search

8.                A．opinions        B．trouble         C．directions D．money

9.                A．reached        B．visited          C．called    D．left

10.               A．skilled         B．helpful         C．experienced   D．active

11.               A．comments      B．promises       C．jokes D．offers

12.               A．only           B．still            C．even D．ever

13.               A．station         B．office          C．hospital   D．hotel

14.               A．panic          B．relief          C．sadness   D．peace

15.               A．duty           B．fact            C．reason    D．lie

16.               A．partly          B．properly        C．exactly    D．perfectly

17.               A．across         B．before         C．beside    D．behind

18.               A．go up          B．die down       C．speed up  D．turn down

19.               A．teased         B．shouted        C．burst D．laughed

20.               A．possible        B．special         C．good D．safe

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1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C

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