__________ five minutes_________ before the last train left, we arrived at the station.

  A. There were; to go                         B. With; to go

  C. I was; left                               D. It had; left

 __________ five minutes_________ before the last train left, we arrived at the station.

__________ five minutes_________ before the last train left, we arrived at the station.

________ five minutes ________ before the last train left, we arrived at the station.

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31－50题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Last weekend, I was blessed with an opportunity to serve as a volunteer in Maryland. I don’t have a car and the closest Amtrak station is about 30 minutes away from the actual site so I wasn’t sure __31__ I would get there. I started thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be __32__ and after a really long week, I thought that maybe I shouldn’t __33__ at all. But I went ahead and posted a request for a __34__ on the ride share board.                                          

A few days later, an individual I had never met __35__ that he would be able to pick me up and __36__ me off at the station. He was also planning on serving but said he would wait __37__ my train arrived before driving out there. How kind __38__ this person whom I’ve never even met, I thought to myself. My heart __39__ and the stress I had been feeling from my week __40__ away.

When my new friend drove me to the train station, he __41__ that it was in a deserted kind of area. There was no one __42__ around, it was cold outside, and I still had 30 minutes to wait. So he __43__ his car and said, “We will wait for the train to come together.”

     I couldn’t believe his compassion and __44__. I knew that he had to be at work the next day __45__ me, and that his wife and son were waiting for his return. But he just waited there with me so __46__, generously serving with his time.

With five minutes __47__ before the train arrived, he shared with me stories from his childhood. As a young boy, he __48__ sit near the edge of the train tracks, excitedly waiting for the trains to rush by with all their force. That night, before returning home to his family, he waited with me as my train __49__. It didn’t rush by at full force but I left that station __50__ the full force of his compassion and generosity.

1.         A. how                B. why                C. whenever         D. that

2.         A. necessary           B. essential             C. possible            D. fortunate

3.         A. refuse              B. volunteer             C. evaluate            D. challenge

4.         A. terminal            B. sightseeing          C. departure           D. ride

5.         A. replied             B. blamed               C. reflected          D. advocated

6.         A. fall                 B. break                C. take              D. drop

7.         A. though              B. until                 C. unless            D. after

8.         A. beyond             B. against               C. for               D. of

9.         A. warmed            B. froze                C. calmed             D. burnt

10.     A. gathered            B. melted               C. counted            D. cherished

11.     A. noticed             B. founded              C. regretted            D. relieved

12.     A. thus               B. also                 C. else                 D. too

13.     A. started             B. purchased           C. parked              D. mended

14.     A. encouragement      B. kindness             C. commitment         D. privilege

15.     A. instead of           B. regardless of         C. far from            D. just like

16.     A. strictly              B. seriously             C. patiently            D. carefully

17.     A. left                B. gone                C. passed              D. spared

18.     A. accustomed to     B. used to              C. stuck to             D. attached to

19.     A. stretched           B. vanished              C. pulled              D. approached

50. A. envying              B. impressing           C. feeling              D. ignoring