James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from Pakistan, and the difficulty they had   1   in England. The play was very   2   , and it was bought by an American TV company.

   James was invited to go to New York to   3   the production. He lived in Dulwich, which was an hour’s ride away from Hesthrow Airport. The flight was to leave at 8:30 a.m,  he had to be at the airport at about 7:30 in the morning.

   He ordered   5   for 6:30,   6   his alarm clock for 5:45, and went to sleep. Unfortunately he forgot   7   the clock, and it stopped shortly after   8   . Also the driver of the taxi had to work deep into the night and overslept.

   James   9   with the terrible feeling that something was wrong. He   10   his alarm clock. It stood there silently, with the hands   11   ten past twelve. He turn on   12   and discovered that it was   13   ten to nine. He switched on the electric kettle.

   He was just pouring the boiling water into the teapot   14   the nine o’clock pips (报时信号)sounded   15   the radio. The announcer began to read the news… “   16   are coming in of a crash near Heathrow Airport. A Boeing 707 leaving for New York crashed shortly after   17   this morning. Flight number 2234…” James   18   .

   “   19   ,” he said out loud, “If I HADN’T   20   , I would have been on that plane.”

1.A.settled                                                   B.to settle down     

       C.been settled down                                                                D.settling down

2.A.long                      B.interesting            C.successful           D.well

3.A.help for                 B.help with             C.help to                D.help making

4.A.so                        B.therefore             C.for                      D.though

5.A.a taxi                    B.a driver              C.a ticket                D.his breakfast

6.A.offered                 B.fixed                   C.setting                 D.set

7.A.to have winded(上发条)                         B.having winded     

       C.winding                                               D.to wind

8.A.he fell asleep          B.he woke up          C.midnight              D.his work

9.A.dreamed                B.awoke              C.went to sleep       D.lay down

10.A.looked for           B.looked through    C.looked at             D.looked forward to

11.A.pointing at        B.pointing to           C.striking to            D.striking

12.A.the radio              B.the light               C.the TV set           D.the water

13.A.hardly                 B.truly                    C.indeed                 D.in fact

14.A.as                       B.until                    C.while                  D.when

15.A.by                      B.on                       C.above                  D.from

16.A.Words                 B.News                  C.Information         D.Reports

17.A.taking up             B.taking off            C.taking away         D.taking place

18.A.turned pale          B.turned red            C.turned up            D.turned around

19.A.My play              B.My ticket             C.My flight(航班)D.My mum

20.A.made tea             B.slept                    C.woke up              D.overslept(睡过头)

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