Question

IV.课文反馈根据短文内容，用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。

In May 2001,I found a job in New York at the World Trade Center. On September 11 ,2001,I arrived at my building at around 8： 30 a. m. I was about to go up when I decided 1. (get) a coffee first. I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office. As I2. (wait) in line with other office workers,I heard a loud sound. Before I could join the others outside 3. (see) what was going on,the first plane had already hit my office building- We stared in disbelief at the black smoke4 (rise) above the burning building. I felt 5. (luck) to be alive.

Almost 10 years later,I woke up at 10：00 a. m. on February 21 ? 2011 and 6. C realize) that my alarm had never gone off. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport. But by the time I got to the airport,my plane to New Zealand had already 7. (take) off. “This is the first holiday I ve taken in a year,and now I 8. (miss) my plane. What bad luck!” I thought to

9. (my) . The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day. The next morning,I

l0. (hear) about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before. My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing.

Answer 1

IV. 1. to get   2. was waiting   3. to see   4. rising   5. lucky   6. realized

7. taken   8. have missed

9. myself   10. heard