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It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had
a slight  1  .
I worked in a  2  doctor's office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened,
making the schedule run  3  than usual. It seemed I was going to be late  4  home and my husband,
being the  5  person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe  6  I hurried, I could
still make it home.
I was heading inside to  7  for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. Iheard them
asking for  8  to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just  9  a few minutes ago.
The young man at the counter was trying to be  10  in explaining how to get there, with two other
people making  11  . One of them was  12  trying to give them a whole different route back. It was
then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the 13 ?"
A look of  14  crossed the woman's face.
"I'm going right by there," I said, which wasn't a(an) 15 since I had just made up my mind to do
  16  that.
I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right 17 me.
It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 18 . I felt better than I had
all day and my headache was nearly gone.
Later, as I arrived home, my husband  19  , "So you aren't ever late any more."
I said, "Sometimes it's  20  to be late."

(     )1. A. break       (     )2. A. foreign     (     )3. A. earlier     (     )4. A. getting     (     )5. A. tough       (     )6. A. as         (     )7. A. pay         (     )8. A. opinions   (     )9. A. reached     (     )10. A. skilled   (     )11. A. comments   (     )12. A. only       (     )13. A. station   (     )14. A. panic     (     )15. A. duty       (     )16. A. partly     (     )17. A. across     (     )18. A. go up     (     )19. A. teased     (     )20. A. possible

B. fever       B. common       B. later       B. cooking     B. punctual     B. since       B. change       B. trouble     B. visited     B. helpful     B. promises     B. still       B. office       B. relief       B. fact         B. properly     B. before       B. die down     B. shouted     B. special

C. cold         C. busy         C. easier       C. calling     C. generous     C. while       C. wait         C. directions   C. called       C. experienced C. jokes       C. even         C. hospital     C. sadness     C. reason       C. exactly     C. beside       C. speed up     C. burst       C. good

D. headache     D. noisy       D. simpler     D. working     D. careful     D. if           D. search       D. money       D. left         D. active       D. offers       D. ever         D. hotel       D. peace       D. lie         D. perfectly   D. behind       D. turn down   D. laughed     D. safe

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