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I had spent five exhausting years on my essay for m Ph.D. and was anxiously preparing for my oral
boards which were to be held in_1_,and I had scheduled a flight through Minneapolis, where I was to
change_2  . My flight was very late, and I was soon in an all-out run to_3_my flight. I had to stop to
catah my 4 on a moving sidewalk when I  5  a woman in her fifties  6   with a carry-on bag.
I don t know  7  ,but I looked at her and blurted out,"Are you going on Flight 567 to California?"
She responded,"Yes."
"So am I,"I responded. "Give me your bag. I'll run  8  and tell them to wait for you." I took her bag
and began running again.
"I  9  onto the plane and told a flight attendant that one more passenger was behind me and to please
 10 the plane for her. I seated myself with her bag, and a few moments later she_11_ and was the last
person on the plane 12 they closed the doors and 13 .After the plane leveled off, I 14 the bag to her,
and she smiled at me and thanked me.
I didn't sleep a wink in the hotel and arrived at the 15_at seven o'clock in the morning. The  16  kept
me waiting for an hour in a room. I walked into the boardroom and was initially frightened by all the 17 in
their robes. As I slowly 18 at the faces of all the board members, I noticed the bright face of a woman.
She gave me a smile 19 a young schoolgirl. It was the same woman whose bag I had carried ahead the
night before. 20 , whenever I made a mistake on any question, she did a great job of relaxing me.

(    )1. A. Minneapolis   (    )2. A. trains       (    )3. A. catch         (    )4. A. flight       (    )5. A. greeted       (    )6. A. walking       (    )7. A. how           (    )8. A. abruptly     (    )9. A. raced         (    )10. A. leave       (    )11. A. got         (    )12. A. after       (    )13. A. left out     (    )14. A. presented   (    )15. A. place       (    )16. A. meeting     (    )17. A. professors   (    )18. A. started     (    )19. A. like         (    )20. A. In the end

B. Tokyo           B. buses           B. run             B. breath         B. met             B. struggling     B. why             B. immediately     B. got             B. hold           B. reached         B. when           B. set off         B  preserved       B. university     B. board           B. assistants     B. watched         B. as             B. No matter how

C. California     C. planes         C. get           C. bag           C. noticed       C. carrying       C. what           C. fast           C. solved         C. remain         C. arrived       C. while         C. .took off     C. proved         C. palace         C. essay         C. staffs         C. glanced       C. of             C. What's more

D. Paris                 D. directions           D. hold                 D. companion             D. sought               D. dashing               D. where                 D. ahead                 D. opened               D. stay                 D. occupied             D. before               D. started off           D. showed               D. museum               D. argument             D. employees             D. glared               D. from                 D. Needless to say

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