第二节 完形填空(每小题1分,共计20分)
I was catching a flight to St.. Louis, then to Minnesota. In front of me__21__ an old lady. She smiled back at me; I smiled at her_22_ in return.
Everything was smooth__23___ during the flight, but as I was getting off the plane I saw her standing by, not knowing what__24___ she was to take and what gate. I stood beside her 25_ my gate, and flight number. I told her that I had_26_ her on the flight to St. Louis. She said, “Thank you.”I asked_27_ flight she was taking. She said the flight to Phoenix. I knew she28 a two-hour layover(停留). I also had it and asked her29 she would like to go to the shop for something to eat or drink. She said, “Sure.” We _30__ each other on the way there, and she told me that her__31_ was “Phyllis”. I laughed and said, “My name is Phyllis_32__.”
As we sat in the hall she 33_ telling me that she had been told she was 34_ of cancer and had less than 6 months to_35__ . She was on her way to visit her children and grand-children before she began taking treatment(治疗). She _36__ told me that she had never_37 before and she had prayed a specific prayer. She was 38_ she would get lost at the airport. She prayed that _39_ would meet her at the gate and help her. She then asked me, “Are you an Angel God has sent? ”No, I assured her I was no angel. But I was_ 40_. I was ready to help whoever was in trouble.
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21 |
A. lay |
B. stood |
C. sat |
D. slept |
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22 |
A. nervously |
B. politely |
C. sadly |
D. quickly |
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23 |
A. as usual |
B. in common |
C. in fact |
D. later on |
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24 |
A. flight |
B. way |
C. number |
D. route |
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25 |
A. seeing to |
B. watch out |
C. looking for |
D. waiting for |
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26 |
A. noticed |
B. found |
C. discovered |
D. caught |
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27 |
A. that |
B. what |
C. how |
D. when |
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28 |
A. managed |
B. planned |
C. had |
D. tried |
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29 |
A. whether |
B. when |
C. why |
D. what |
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30 |
A. introduced |
B. said |
C. required |
D. wished |
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31 |
A. husband |
B. address |
C. name |
D. home |
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32 |
A. either |
B. neither |
C. anyway |
D. too |
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33 |
A. decided |
B. began |
C. hoped |
D. avoided |
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34 |
A. tired |
B. made |
C. dying |
D. fond |
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35 |
A. stay |
B. play |
C. survive |
D. live |
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36 |
A. thus |
B. still |
C. also |
D. then |
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37 |
A. traveled |
B. cured |
C. relaxed |
D. flown |
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38 |
A. glad |
B. afraid |
C. surprised |
D. sad |
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39 |
A. everyone |
B. no one |
C. anyone |
D. someone |
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40 |
A. believed |
B. sure |
C. considered |
D. proud |