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A. Teacher Black B. Ms Susan C. Susan Black D. Ms Black

第二节 完型填空

　　One day it was raining heavily and nearing dusk. I was 1.______ for an appointment (约会) in a nearby city that I knew only by GPS, and now my phone had 2. ______ . The usual interstate (州际公路) exits were closed and I couldn't 3. ______ because it was raining so much. I couldn't 4 . ______ how to get where I was going or how to let my partners know that I was 5. ______ to make it on time.

I 6. ______ at a McDonald's in a poor area of a town and walked up to what appeared to be a mother and her teen daughter. "I'm sorry," I said, "but do you mind 7. ______ I search a number on your8. ______ and make a call? I need to let them know I'm 9. ______ ?" She handed me her phone and then told me I was 10. ______ , she was about to turn it off because she didn't have enough 11. ______ to pay her bill.

　　The young girl and the mother 12. ______ to be clinging (依赖的) to each other and talked together as I made the 13. ______ . I managed to get in touch with the people. They thankfully knew where I was and told me 14. ______ to get there.

　　As I readied myself to leave, I 15______into my wallet. I didn't usually have 16. ______ , but today I found a $20 bill. In gratitude (感激), I 17. ______ it into the mother's hand and then turned to leave quickly, because I didn't want it to be about me. As I walked through the doors, I heard the mother 18. ______. Her daughter called after me and said, "You have no idea how you just 19. ______ us."

　　I still think back to that day, even now, they had no idea how much they helped me, yet I was the one being thanked. It's funny how that 20. ______.

1. A. hungry B. ready C. late D. nervous

2. A. started B. died C. charged D. disappeared

3. A. find B. sleep C. leave D. see

4. A. figure out B. make out C. pick out D. take out

5. A. possible B. quick C. unlikely D. able

6. A. left B. stopped C. stood D. sat

7. A. as B. so C. or D. if

8. A. phone B. map C. picture D. book

9. A. scared B. anxious C. lost D. gone

10. A. excited B. lucky C. worried D. upset

11. A. time B. effort C. energy D. money

12. A. wanted B. happened C. seemed D. prove

13. A. plan B. call C. decision D. point

14. A. how B. when C. why D. whether

11. A. put B. looked C. reached D. turned