Question

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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was very new to the US, I needed to get a new passport. It had only been two weeks since I _ ere with my husband, but I needed a new one.

At the time, we lived in Houston, Texas. We only had one car, so my husband _ me off at the passport office and told me to take Bus 82 to get back home.

I _ my work at the passport office and waited for Bus 82. I sat in it for an hour or so, but it didn’t go anywhere near my_ . I even told the driver where I lived, but the street was so _ that even he didn’t recognize it. So he _ brought me back to the starting point again.

When I got off the bus, it started raining heavily. I tried _ the people around me for help, but no one knew _ I needed to go. At that time, I didn’t have a cell phone, and I couldn’t _ a pay phone.

_ , I came back to the bus stop where I had boarded the __ . An old lady who was standing there _ to hold up an umbrella for me. She even made me stand on the bench, to shield me from the water that _ from the cars speeding past us.

Then, I asked her for help. _ she also did not recognize my _ _, she asked me for the names of the_ that came before and after my home. Then, she _ what had gone wrong. _ there were two Bus 82. The one that I had boarded did not go all the way to my house, but went on a different _ . She told me that I had to change buses midway to get to my house. Then, she got me on the bus and even told the _ to get me off after 3 stops so that I could take the correct Bus 82.

Help can come from any corner or person!

1.A. landed B. escaped C. survived D. left

2.A. took B. sent C. saw D. dropped

3.A. noticed B. boarded C. finished D. searched

4.A. shop B. hotel C. house D. office

5.A. small B. long C. dirty D. short

6.A. simply B. reluctantly C. happily D. quietly

7.A. preparing B. asking C. ordering D. rewarding

8.A. why B. how C. when D. where

9.A. buy B. use C. find D. borrow

10.A. Sick B. Cold C. Hungry D. Fearful

11.A. bus B. train C. taxi D. plane

12.A. agreed B. offered C. promised D. expected

13.A. sent off B. left behind C. splashed up D. used up

14.A. Until B. Unless C. When D. Though

15.A. voice B. address C. face D. mistake

16.A. streets B. guests C. neighbors D. trees

17.A. worked on B. figured out C. thought of D. learned about

18.A. Luckily B. Fully C. Clearly D. Happily

19.A. district B. path C. alley D. route

20.A. passenger B. driver C. customer D. police

Answer 1