高考英语 专题冲关集训完形填空1.docVIP

2014高考英语专题冲关集训：完形填空1 It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year.I was a ticket－counter supervisor for a major airline and was looking forward to the __1__ of my shift (轮班) at Stapleton International Airport in Denver.My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could __2__ our gifts for Christmas. Just then，a very __3__ gentleman went up to me.He asked how he could get to Cheyenne，Wyoming.He had just arrived from Philadelphia and __4__ his connecting flight.I pointed him to the ground transportation area，where he could rent a __5__.And then I called my wife to let her know I would be home __6__. About fifteen minutes later，the gentleman __7__ and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars __8__.I told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport.Hearing that，he burst into __9__. I tried to make him calm down.He explained that his name was Tom，and that his only son was __10__ill at home and was not expected to __11__ another year.He expected that this would likely be the __12__ Christmas with his son. I told Tom to __13__ his luggage and wait for me at the gate.I was driving to Cheyenne.I called my wife Kathy，telling her about it and not to wait up for me.I drove fast __14__ and we arrived in Cheyenne around 2∶30 a．m.. Kathy was still __15__ me when I got home in the early morning.We traded gifts and then our conversation __16__ Tom.For Kathy and me，there was no __17__ that driving Tom to Cheyenne was the __18__ choice. A couple of days later，I __19__ a Christmas card with a picture of Tom and his family.In it，Tom thanked me for the special __20__ he had received that holiday season，but I knew the best gift was mine. 1．A.end　　　　　　 　　B．turn C．role D．change 2．A.expect B．get C．exchange D．make 3．A.kind B．helpless C．sad D．worried 4．A.mistook B．missed C．caught D．continued 5．A.bus B．flight C．room D．car 6．A.soon B．late C．early D．lately 7．A.left B．moved C．came D．returne