Question

We got up late as usual. My husband decided to water the flowers in the garden_______ leaving, and when he discovered that he couldn’t manage(处理)by _______, he asked me for help at last moment. _______now we had an hour to get to the airport. _______, there were not many cars or buses on the road and we were able to get there just in time. We checked in and went to a big hall to _______our flight to be called. We waited and waited but no announcement(通知) was made. In the end there was an announcement_______us that passengers could get a free meal. The plane hadn’t left Spain for technical problems. We waited again for a long time until late evening_______we were asked to spend the night in a nearby hotel.

The next morning after a _______night because of all the planes taking off and landing, we returned to the _______. Guess what had happened while we were asleep! Our plane had arrived and taken off again. All the other passengers had _______in the night to catch the plane, but for some reasons or others we had been forgotten. You can imagine how we felt.

1 A. after      B. until     C. before     D. since

2 A. herself    B. himself   C. itself      D. themselves

3 A. So        B. Unless   C. Although  D. Because

4 A. Friendly   B. Luckily   C. Terribly   D. Possibly

5 A. look after  B. wait in    C. look at    D. wait for

6 A. agreeing   B. telling    C. asking     D. shocking

7 A. where    B. which    C. when        D. what

8 A. bad      B. good     C. dangerous    D. interesting

9 A. home     B. hotel     C. station      D. airport

10 A. woken up  B. paid for  C. given up     D. agreed with

Answer 1

1C  2B  3A  4B  5D  6B  7C  8A  9D  10A